Livestock

Going the Distance: Growing Alfalfa to Export

When customers pay to have alfalfa shipped more than 5,000 miles, they expect to receive maximum feed value.

Because they grow most of their own forages, this Washington state dairy owner strives for a balance between tons and nutrition.

While growing his herd size, this Indiana producer also enriches his soil via cover crops and tried-and-true grazing practices.

Pride in your work, learned this Indiana farmer, makes all the difference.

At Marble River Farm in upstate New York, the cute, coltish, quirky alpaca still gets a lot of love.

A frost-free fount eliminates chopping ice to water livestock when ponds, hoses and troughs are frozen.

A couple from Maine honors their farming heritage by offering the next generation a helping hand.

A couple from Maine discusses mistakes they made, working together as a team, and the best advice they ever received.

How a growing family didn’t give up the dream of owning their own farm.

We sit down with Murray Vollmer to find out what he has learned along the way to building a hog farming operation with the help of his family.