I am having a heck of a time when I am alone and changing back and forth from my front-end loader bucket and hay spear. It seems the tilt cylinders that tilt the bucket back and forth seem to always be out of alignment with the pinholes in my bucket or hay spear. When...

We farm in southern Virginia. What is your opinion on protein tubs? We use the 24% protein tubs. They weigh about 200 pounds and cost $50 each. Our hay this year was cut late, and our cows started calving in March.

In a recent peer-group meeting, the owner of a medium-sized manufacturing business described the struggles in growing his enterprise for our farm audience. He referenced Doug Tatum's book "No Man's Land" as a helpful resource, pointing out that, as the business grew, he...

The family farm is sacred ground.

Birthdays are a big deal in our family.

Successful succession plans don't happen overnight. They take years of planning and strategic thinking to execute.

The impact of record-setting cold accompanied by heavy snow cover was at least Topic 1-A during the winter and early spring producer conferences and trade shows. It's quite likely that no one who experienced the harsh 2018–19 winter will ever forget it.