Michigan dairy offers dessert and behind-scenes farm peek
Labor Day weekend said farewell to the summer season and was celebrated with free ice cream and flavored milk at Preston Farms in Quincy, Mich. On Aug. 30, the Preston Family let the latch out of the farm gate and invited the neighborhood in for their fifth annual Preston Family Farm Tour and Ice Cream Social.
There is just something about the sound of a bumble bee that really gets a dog’s attention. Most dog owners have witnessed their pets go on high alert at the sound of a bee or a large fly.
Riders raise funds, share ag message with students
In one brief visit with third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students, educators and bikers taught a little about agriculture, a little about bike safety and had a lot of fun. And the bike riders did it while raising money for the 19th annual Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) Bike Ride.
Ohio fair board applauds 7 Wayne County volunteers
Pete Armstrong, secretary of the Wayne County Agricultural Society, said the county fair closed its books this year with 1,063 exhibitors and 10,160 entries, down slightly from 2013.
Kentucky girl helps 4-H leader teach kids about showmanship
Casey Simpson, 16, began caring for goats when she was only eight, and it became her job to milk the family’s dairy goat. Then, when her older brother, now in college, took to raising Boer goats she started bringing the babies into the house to bottle-feed.
Kentucky girl helps 4-H leader teach kids about showmanship
Casey Simpson, 16, began caring for goats when she was only eight, and it became her job to milk the family’s dairy goat. Then, when her older brother, now in college, took to raising Boer goats she started bringing the babies into the house to bottle-feed.
