Wet Weather Wonder
The rain arrived on Oct. 1, 2016, right in the middle of harvest, as if penciled in by some cruel weather…
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A Case of Equipment Colorblindness DEC. 6 2018 Tractors By Tharran E. Gaines SHARE
When it comes to farm equipment, Pat Urban says he is what you would call “colorblind.” Fact is, he and his…
Proven Performance
It’s 2 a.m. in central Oregon, and James Warkentin is baling alfalfa on a clear June night. Here, despite the old…
Doing Well By Doing Good
On Russia’s arid Eurasian Steppe, Rail Fakhrislamov works to bring the latest in agricultural practices and technology to the 44,000-acre farm…
Robotic Revolution: The Latest in Milking Technology
It’s just one of those talks that you have while you’re milking the cows,” says Todd Schnarr. “You know, ‘What…
Band Wagon
With more than 13,000 acres in their farming portfolio, Nick and Matt Scharf don’t experience many “firsts.” The steadying hand of…
9 Steps To Get Your Gravel Road Ready for The Winter
Gravel is a terrific material for roads and lanes on a rural property—it’s relatively inexpensive and aesthetically pleasing. It does,…
Trial, Error, Win
Trial, Error, Win It didn’t take long for Lee Gilmore to learn how to produce award-winning hay. After just four…
Highly Configurable
Indiana farmer Steve Hicks offers proof that seeing is believing. When we first spoke with him, the Indiana farmer had recently…
Futuristic Farming
What is futuristic farming? The low hum of a drone buzzing in the air. Fixed-wing aircraft gliding over the clouds….
The Promise Of Prairie Strips
Pressured by downstream property owners and their own desire to conserve their soil and keep their water drinkable, many farmers…
Due Diligence
It takes a certain kind of due diligence to raise crops every year in a region where annual rainfall averages only…
