Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few years ago, I was at a biotechnology trade meeting listening to a panel on GMOs. Throughout the two-hour session, the ...

Kilkenny-based contractor John Hughes gave up making silage 17 years ago. He doesn’t regret it. “My wife said to me years ago she was becoming a silage widow. That resonated,” recalls John. “Family ...

LAKE BENTON, Minn. — When you’re in the registered cattle business, there is just no choice but to secure winter feed to ensure proper calving in the spring. If you don’t have high-quality feed, you ...

Cases of milk fever in the 400 high-yielding pedigree Holsteins at Poyerston Farm numbered just two in the last calving period. Roger Lewis, who runs the autumn-calving herd in partnership with his ...

Silage time, and I’m reminded of famous baseball player Yogi Berra’s phrase: “it’s déjà vu all over again”. Certain jobs seem to mark the passage of time in a way that reminds you just how fast life ...

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Contrary to popular belief, organic farming can produce enough to feed the world, reports a new study published in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Researchers from the University of Michigan ...