The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the April 3 livestock auction.
Light Supply: Commercial bulls, $90. to 100.; commercial cows, 52.50 to 86....
To address the basics of large pond management, Dana Rizzo and Susan Boser, water quality educators with Penn State Extension, along with Tim Wood of Aquatic Edge Consul...
Spring arrived this past week and with it unseasonably warm weather patterns. Although many fields are still saturated, farming activities have begun. Some of the jobs i...
Farm auctions offer chance to socialize
Farm auctions are as much a part of spring coming as anything.
After several months of harvest season, hunting season, holidays an...
Earlier this month, our nation celebrated National Agriculture Week and National Agriculture Day on March 8.
The calendar on the wall in my office proclaims Tuesday as N...
This winter has been unusually warm which has led to an extraordinary amount of mud, and anyone who has animals and an unstabilized feeding area is probably tired of dea...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the March 13 auction.
Market strong. Commercial bulls, $75. to 89.50, no fancy bulls; commercial cows, stro...
PLANT CITY, Fla. — Florida strawberry farmers are bemoaning this year’s larger-than-expected harvest — which means turning a profit will be difficult.
A warm winter in t...
Reminder goes out to all that today is the final day to make reservations for the Butler County Farm-City and Annual Awards Banquet. The Farm-City Banquet is co-sponsore...
March weather can change quickly: one day warm, next day cold; wet and rainy, then dry and sunny. One never knows what Mother Nature has in store for us.
Eventually, spr...