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The cattle market has remained strong, with prices reaching record highs. That has been great for anyone involved in ...
Farm strawberry-picking gives a friendly reminder that nature’s wild fruit will begin soon. Most raspberries, blackberries ...
A recent study at Iowa State University showed how packaging can affect consumer choices for bacon, America’s favorite pork ...
Torrential rains in mid-May followed by days of high heat caused crusting and affected soybean emergence in some fields ...
I, Selina Walters, am writing this week’s column while my dad, Mark Walters, is away in Canada. I have a year of travel and ...
I love flowers and fresh vegetables, but I hate gardening. My excuse: trauma from weed-pulling chores as a kid.
An eyewitness sighting of a woodchuck is proof positive they are around, but it usually starts with telltale holes in the ...
“No-till reduces soil erosion 80-90%,” DeLong said. Water health can be helped by edge-of-the-field practices such as ...
Cherry season is about to start in the Flathead Valley, prompting farmers to get on the schedule for the cherry pitting ...
Overall things are coming around. The corn is starting to look like corn again. Soybeans are still a little slow, but that ...
The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act provided additional funding for several major conservation programs. Major funded USDA ...
Trade is a hot topic with a lot of uncertainty. Trade-policy decisions made in Washington, D.C., will impact farmers and ...