Friday Feature:  Soil Health – Theory of Change

Friday Feature: Soil Health – Theory of Change

This week’s featured video was published by the Soil Health Institute to share the huge need to focus on improving the health and productivity of agricultural soils.  With an ever growing world population, and shrinking acreage of productive farmland, the only...
Making Wheat and Peanuts Less Allergenic

Making Wheat and Peanuts Less Allergenic

Source:  Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, Crop Science Society of America – Science News The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of “big eight” foods that causes 90% of food allergies. Among these foods are wheat and peanuts. ...
Friday Feature:  All Electric Utility Tractors

Friday Feature: All Electric Utility Tractors

This week’s featured video shares the story of the development of the Solectrac all-electric utility tractor by Steve Heckeroth, Founder and CEO.  The company is still in the early production and development stage of tractors.  The Solectrac 40-horse utility...
Friday Feature:  Thank You to Health Care Workers Cowboy Style

Friday Feature: Thank You to Health Care Workers Cowboy Style

Nebraska Rancher David Shuler has a holiday tradition of sharing cattle art with a feed wagon, his cattle herd, and a drone video camera.  For 2020, he wanted to say thank you to the first responders and health care workers who have worked so hard this year during the...
Pecan Orchard Establishment FAQs

Pecan Orchard Establishment FAQs

Whether you are starting an orchard or planting a few pecan trees to diversify your small farm, there are a number of things you should consider first such as recommended cultivars (cultivated varieties), tree spacing, and nutrition.  Although there are a lot of...