Costs of a Wet Year Add Up, and Not Just in Dollars – Growing America
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North Country farmers face difficult fall harvest | NCPR News
Oct 16, 2019 — At a time when many North Country farmers are struggling economically, they’ve also faced a tough growing season. There was a rainy spring, then a dry summer and back to a rainy fall. That’s taken a toll on the corn and hay crops farmers feed their livestock through the winter. It’s harvest time now, and many farmers are worried.
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A 1,600-pound bull ventured on a short-lived quest for freedom Wednesday in West Baltimore, spending about three hours on the loose before finally succumbing to tranquilizers and being put back into the trailer whence he came.
A farmer invented ‘calf earmuffs’ to keep newborn calves warm and the photos are adorable – Insider
Bulls – Triumph and Tragedy
This weekend we head down to move the bulls off of the cows and end the breeding season on the ranch. After a rain delay, we are struck with good luck and bad as life on the ranch continues the only way it knows how.
BLOG – Bull About Cows — Cainthus
Dairy farmers and legislators having a cow over potential chocolate milk ban – WBNG
(WBNG) — Dairy farmers and local legislators are asking for answers after a recent proposal to ban chocolate milk in New York City schools. Legislators say the ban would greatly hurt the dairy industry of the Southern Tier. Local dairy farmer Judi Whittaker of Whittaker Farms is concerned about the proposal.
“Why would you consider taking choices from children that is encouraging them to consumer a healthy product, white or chocolate, why would you take a choice away from a child like that,” said Whittaker. Whittaker Farms has been in business for over 100 years, but the potential ban, would greatly hurt sales.
“It’s all going to affect us, because if they take away the chocolate component, that’s less consumption that’ll be going on. It’s going to lower consumption and the amount of milk they’ll be buying,” said Whittaker.