Music is big at this year’s Clay County Fair, and site work has the northwest Iowa fairgrounds ready to welcome visitors
- By Marie Flanagan, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Grace Place Farm & Gardens in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is proving that for small-scale producers, a well-placed farm store can be as helpful to the bottom line as a good farmers market.
- By Lauren Stanick, UNL Agronomy and Horticulture
As many seed industry professionals near retirement, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is training new recruits through its Seed Industry Scholars program.
- Sheri Poore
Here's a jump-start on a fresh batch of reader recipes, using the final hurrah of summer’s garden produce.
- Colleen Stegenga
There's a particular feeling that shows up on the farm every year around this time. The school supply lists start circulating, the light changes just slightly in the evenings, and somewhere in the back of my mind a quiet countdown begins: harvest is coming and summer is coming to an end.
- Amy Hadachek
The latest fall forecast brings good news for some areas of the drought-stricken Midwest.
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
The cost of care for the lifetime of a dog can be anywhere from $19,000 to $55,000. Horses are astronomically more expensive to own. The lifetime cost of a horse can be anywhere from $300,000 to $925,000.
- Jaclyn Wilson
"The older generation not only refused to have those discussions but also provided no thoughts on what the future could potentially look like. How discouraging."
- Michael Baron
Dear Michael: I have an unusual situation. Years ago, I came back to farm with my parents. At the time, they thought it would be a good idea to set up a life estate with me as the remainderman.
- By Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defended President Donald Trump’s decision to allow more imported ground beef into the country, saying it will help Americans shrink their grocery bills.
- Terry Woster
"When our youngest child left for college, I was prepared for the house to be a little quiet. I wasn’t prepared for the silence to fall over the house like a thick quilt."
- Jim Woster
"I remember piling into our house for a meal and at bedtime, sleeping wherever there was a spot, including on the floor."
- K-State Extension news service
K-State veterinarians look at the benefits of supplementing calf nutrition with the practice of creep feeding
- Janelle Atyeo
Britni Ross, Philip, South Dakota, was named the Woman Farmer of the Year at the Dakotafest farm show in Mitchell, Aug. 20.
- Brent Olson
"You watch kids grow up, become fond of them, then they graduate and they’re gone out of your life."
- By Kylie Mockler of Centerville, S.D.
"I was pleasantly surprised when I heard my dad say we had twins and even more shocked when he followed up a couple hours later ...”
- Janelle Atyeo
U.S. Senators from South Dakota and Minnesota are backing legislation that would add up to 20 million acres of grazing lands by seeding marginal cropland to grass.
- Katelyn Winberg
“I’m surprised the grass is greening up again. I mean, it looks like spring down here.”
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Law No. 1: Livestock know when you are in a hurry. They also know when you are wearing good clothes."
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- By Meghan O'Brien, South Dakota Searchlight
George Kenzy said he did all he could to prepare his family’s feedlot for extreme heat and humidity. That included extra water tanks, covering the ground with light-colored bedding to reduce heat absorption, and keeping the ground as wet as possible.
- By Meghan O'Brien, South Dakota Searchlight
Despite the fees, ranchers say branding is important: “If I was not to brand my cattle, I’d be a little nervous about if one gets gone somewhere. That’s our return address.”
- Katelyn Winberg
Visitors to Dakotafest will have the opportunity to see another side of agricultural education as McCook Central FFA members demonstrate the leadership skills they've developed through competition.
On the final day of Dakotafest in Mitchell, one of five finalists will be named the Dakotafest Woman Farmer/Rancher of the Year.
- By Lura Roti for AgSpire
In the Boekelheide farm shop, a mission statement hangs on the wall above semitrucks and combines.
- Katelyn Winberg
The annual Dakotafest Women's Brunch & Vendor Fair will return Aug. 19, bringing women from across the region together for a morning of networking, inspiration and a message about the power of working together.
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