I cannot express how much I enjoyed the illustration from 1962 [featured in The Progressive Farmer, Feb. 2018 issue]. Having been very young back then, it is new to at least two adult generations of farmers, me, a young farm boy in '62, and also our son's generation.

One of the hallmark features of this past 2017–18 winter was a dramatic, out-of-bounds warm spell in the far northern latitude regions.

The recently passed budget bill contains a "fix" for the Section 199A dilemma with respect to sales to cooperatives. Let's review the changes to get an idea of how it will work.

The Soy Transportation Coalition has released its "10 Most Wanted" infrastructure priorities for policymakers to use as a guide:

If you think back to last month's column ("By the Time You Read This …"), you'll recall I mentioned USDA's late-March "Prospective Plantings" report marked the unofficial start to planting season. This year, it came with fireworks worthy of the Fourth of July.

So you want to know the secret of profitably feeding cattle in 2018? The winning formula is as easy as containing North Korea, forging a national consensus on gun control and convincing President Trump to switch from his Twitter account to a locked diary. To further...

We're looking for great shops--imaginative, innovative, productive and smart--shops planned for hard work, equipped to make work profitable and full of the ideas that make work efficient.

Q: We had a very bad cold, wet snap with lots of snow, ice and rain right in the middle of calving season. Several calves started scouring, and we treated them with scour boluses and penicillin. We lost four of them. We have not had any more cases since, but we'd like to...

Dwight Carter, Camden, Tennessee, bolted a 1¼-inch length of round bar to the toolbox in his pickup bed. The bar created an anchor point for securing loads in the bed, and it protects the toolbox from shifting supplies and equipment.

Q: I have a B8200E Kubota that has a hydraulic problem. The tractor has been resting for about two months, and now, the hydraulic lift won't rise up. The tractor has a standard transmission. I checked the transmission oil on the dipstick under the seat, and it is milky...

Each family business has its own culture--a unique combination of beliefs and actions that shapes the way the business understands itself. This family business culture, while neither right or wrong, reflects the way members speak and act, what they consider most important...

After five years in sorghum fields, the sugarcane aphid is firmly established as a permanent pest of this crop.