Family

Get the latest on farm family issues, including education, health, and safety. This section also features farm humor columnists and information for women involved in agriculture and farming.

A letter from Mississippi

Less cows and more wife, please.

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Cooking sweet corn for a crowd

There are about as many ways to cook sweetcorn as there are varieties of the summer favorite. But have you ever cooked it for a crowd in a cooler?

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Avoiding Heat Exhaustion

As you’re working outside in the sun, don’t get overheated. If you feel yourself getting too hot, remember three words: water, rest, and shade.

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Women in Agriculture

No calm before the storm for farmers

By Women in Agriculture

There’s a storm coming, and North Carolina farmers are getting ready.

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Top Shops

Idaho Shop Tour with Custom Overhead Crane

By Top Shops

Dave Mowitz heads to Genesee, Idaho, to visit Al Krick’s shop.

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Machinery Insider

The super beast of a tractor

By Machinery Insider

This week’s Interesting Iron recalls the Allis-Chalmers Super Beast and the tractor that set Case IH on course to a bright future.

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Brooding ducks and goslings

Raising baby ducks and geese isn't a lot different from chickens. A warm, dry brooding area, and quality food and water will nurture young waterfowl.

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Patch burn grazing

Benefit wildlife habitat and your livestock by burning the pasture. Patch burn grazing is an alternative to traditional intensive grazing systems.

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Harvesting peaches

A tree full of peaches needs to be harvested at just the right time for the best flavor. Color, touch, and smell should be your guide for when to climb up the ladder.

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Food Bullying: Excerpts from the book

Stories seem to turn from reality to folklore the more removed people are from a place, product, or practice. The same is true in food.

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Food bullying: part 2

Part two of our series of excerpts from the book "Food Bullying" by Michele Payn examines bullying motivators.

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Larry the Lumber Guy

Craftsman notes it’s the defects that set a piece of wood apart.

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Tip of the Day

Hang-and-slide post driver makes hookups easier

A post driver is an awkward piece of equipment to store, and I always had a hard time finding a place to put mine. So I ran a 12-foot-long... read more