Living the Country Life

Make the most out of your small farm or acreage with tips and resources from Living the Country Life. This section contains information on raising animals, gardening tips, machinery maintenance, improving pastures, and maintaining ponds.

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12 ways to dress up brownie mix

Whether you use a mix from a box or prepare your own favorite brownie recipe, these add-ins will turn ordinary brownies into bars worthy of the dessert table at your holiday party!

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Furniture Frustration

Columnist Jerry Nelson reminisces the first furniture purchase he and his wife made as he sets out for new recliner.

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Hunting featured on classic Successful Farming covers

Hunting and farming go hand-in-hand. The topic has been covered in Successful Farming from the beginning, and has been featured on many covers, including these from 1911 through 1965.

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Ageless Iron

The genius of a farm boy

By Ageless Iron

How the Model T and the legendary Fordson tractor came to be is testimony to a boy who loved mechanics but loathed labor-intensive chores.

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Crops

Q&A: Magan Lewis, equipment and automated field sensing lead at Bayer Crop Science

By Women in Agriculture

Developing new technologies will boost farmers’ productivity and protect the environment. That's why Magan Lewis is focusing on the next evolution of agriculture research.

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Top Shops

Enter Shop Hacks Contest

By Top Shops

The winning innovation will garner a $10,000 package of tools from John Deere in the Shop Hack: Stock the Shop Contest.

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Tip of the Day

Belt sander cart

The wet/dry vacuum that sits on the bottom shelf of this belt sander stand we built sucks up all sawdust and metal filings. The drawer on... read more