Members of the Tip Wa Antique Tractor and Engine Club of Walton gathered the weekend following Thanksgiving to plow 100 acres of corn and bean stubble on three farms south of Walton ...
When tobacco was Kentucky’s king commodity, many farmers used cattle as supplemental income; but now that many have exited the burley market, those herds have become more valuable ...
Tennessee school greenhouse adds rototillin’ to readin’, writin’
Kids are taught to clean their plates at mealtime - “There are starving children in Africa” is the frustrated-mother battle cry. But as children get older, people are often encouraged by polite society to leave a little, instead ...
Anti-urban sprawl courses look to ag for new insights
It’s only a matter of time before suburban sprawl and traffic creep into Cocke County – much of which is tucked into the mountains of Appalachia – and other small, rural counties across the United States ...
Immigration laws, the death tax and keeping schools safe and secure were a few of the policy topics National Grange members debated earlier this month ...
National Grange is oldest farm organization in U.S.
The National Grange has historic roots. Formed in the years following the Civil War, the group was originally called the Patrons of Husbandry from 1867-78 ...
This year’s high corn prices are not helping feedlot returns. With corn holding steady at $3 per bushel and higher, Michigan’s cattle growers are feeling the squeeze ...