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Immigration officials are cracking down on farm workers

Highlights from the 2011 Tomorrow's Top Producer Program.

The ag supply chain is looking back to the farm for sustainability.

FGD gypsum is a bona fide replacement for mined gypsum that is used to provide sulfur and calcium.

Supervisors use leadership skills to train, motivate and discipline the workers they manage.

Just over a month ago, the Department of Agriculture announced that it will allow American farmers to plant a genetically engineered version of alfalfa. The news also sparked an angry debate among organic advocates about what's most important in the organic label.

Solar panels lead the way, USDA’s first-ever nationwide renewable energy survey shows.

As part of a Canadian delegation to Europe last month, Don Kenny, chair of the Guelph-based Grain Farmers of Ontario, stood alongside federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and others, imploring the European Union to take a science-based approach to agricultural trade and genetically modified crops. Any decisions made in Europe about restricting Canadian imports should be based on scientific study, not theoretical threats or public pressure, they said.

Spreading manure from now until the ground thaws have an extremely high risk of runoff.

Stock your shop with lubricants and cleaners that have roots in Ohio soybean fields.

Reach into the farmer’s toolbox to know the true value of a lime application.

Gleanings from ditches and roadsides may one day power this community

This conventional grain producer goes organic for better returns.

USDA today announced deregulation of Roundup Ready Alfalfa without conditions.

New online features allow you to get answers to your employment questions.

Under revised air-quality Rule 4570, California dairies must cut silage emissions.

A flush-flume sand settling system simplifies sand removal at 3-D Dairy.

8,000-cow manure processing center in Wisconsin has it all.

Four basic business management principles can help drive your farm's growth.

Honorees recognized at the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting Jan. 23-26 in Arlington, Va.

At Wheat College, our agronomic team will present lessons you can take directly to the field.

Brubaker Farms uses solar panels and a methane digester to provide energy for the farm and hundreds of local homes.

To bee or not to bee is not the question. How to attract natural pollinators is and a new program aimed at luring back our working insects might be an answer.

Purdue researchers have delivered data to the EPA on a two-year National Air Emissions Monitoring Study on livestock farms.

Summary highlights dairy industry’s efforts to increase economic, environmental and social sustainability.

A methane digester and solar panels power Brubaker Farms, 2011 Innovative Dairy Farm of the Year.

It was below freezing as an “AgDay” photographer and I toured Brubaker Farms in early December. But we quickly warmed to the Brubakers—patriarch Luke, sons Mike and Tony—this year’s Innovative Dairy Farmers of the Year (see “Power and Profit,” page 8).

Head to the field with Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer in episode 10 of Corn College TV.

Rock Creek Dairy project is the fourth digester in Idaho’s Magic Valley and the first to take effluent from multiple sites.

Hoe. Hoe. Hoe. Southern farmers resort to the Santa Claus treatment for weed control.

The final EIS will be available for public review for at least 30 days before USDA will publish a record of decision on how it will proceed.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today commemorated the one year anniversary of an historic agreement to help U.S. dairy producers cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Are you a young producer who demonstrates excellence in business and environmental sustainability?

Funding deadline set for March 4, 2011.

The Agriculture Nutrient Policy Council releases report raising questions about data to set pollution limits for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

In episode 6 of Corn College TV, Farm Journal Agronomist explains how the nitrogen cycle fits into the Systems Approach.

A working relationship with an employee is based on mutual respect

An ambitious planning application for Britain’s largest dairy farm, resubmitted Nov. 18, reveals significant changes.

Western United Dairymen is seeking a few dairies for a project to demonstrate a water balance approach to perform lagoon sealing measurements for dairy manure storage ponds.

Byline: Benzinga StaffMANHEIM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kreider Farms, one of Pennsylvania's largest dairyfarms, announces the groundbreaking of a multi-million dollar livestock waste treatment system as part of a joint venture with Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. Located at Kreider's Farm in Manheim, Pa., the Cleantech facility is the first of its kind in the state and is designed to treat and recycle manure from the Farms' 2,000 dairy cows in an eco-friendly manner. Bion's patented technology provides a solution to the pollution associated with livestock operations, eliminating most of theenvironmental impacts of animal waste, including excess nutrients, ammonia, phosphorus, and greenhouse gases.

The best feed cost saving steps cattlemen can take can be boiled down to 12 words that explain how that's done.

As new Rule 4570 is adopted, dairy families credited for efforts to improve air quality.

Episode 3 of Corn College TV details how to maximize yield, minizmize inputs and get the most from your fields.

Missouri farmer Rusty Lee’s overalls are drenched with dew. His Pioneer cap is pulled low to block out the early morning sun and his molasses-like drawl smacks of Georgia roots.

For Delta rice and soybean grower Gibb Steele, nutrient management protects profits as well as water

Be sure to tune in for episode 11 of Corn College TV to learn from the field experience of the Farm Journal agronomic team.

Ag productivity needs a boost to feed the world