Va. council names Tobin 2021 forage producer of the year
The Virginia Forage and Grassland Council named Tim Tobin its 2021 Outstanding Forage Producer of the Year during its virtual winter conference this month.Tobin, a Caroline County farmer, was nominated by the Hanover-Caroline Soil and Water Conservation...
Va. council names Tobin 2021 forage producer of the year
The Virginia Forage and Grassland Council named Tim Tobin its 2021 Outstanding Forage Producer of the Year during its virtual winter conference this month.Tobin, a Caroline County farmer, was nominated by the Hanover-Caroline Soil and Water Conservation...
Extension: Dairy slide continued in 2020
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — No surprise here: Maryland’s dairy industry continued to contract in 2020, according to a dairy expert at the University of Maryland Extension. The number of dairy farms in the state was projected to fall from 348 in 2019 to 330 in...
Farm Bureau: Recovered cattle market looking up
WASHINGTON — The outlook for the 2021 cattle market was discussed on Jan. 11 by Dr. Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University, during the American Farm Bureau Federation virtual annual convention.AFBF economist...
Young farmer renovates farm for cow/calf production, intensive grazing
PULASKI, Va. — “Starting from scratch” is the way Troy Whittier, 30, described his work creating a cow/calf operation on a farm that was covered with a mix of broom sage and briars when he acquired it. Now he is running about 100 cows and recently...
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