American Farm Publications

Warren County celebrates year in ag

Warren County celebrates year in ag

By RICHARD SKELLY AFP Correspondent WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Warren County — A diversified crowd of about a hundred livestock, hay and...

Farm’s next generations weigh future at event

Farm’s next generations weigh future at event

By JANE PRIMERANO AFP Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK — As the average age of working farmers creeps up toward the average...

NRCS, NJDA reps meet with NOFA participants

NRCS, NJDA reps meet with NOFA participants

By JANE PRIMERANO AFP Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK — Representatives of the NRCS and NJDA met with farmers at the NOFA-NJ...

Conference puts focus on mental well-being

Conference puts focus on mental well-being

By JANE PRIMERANO AFP Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK — Farmers don’t complain much. Not about weather, prices, recalcitrant critters; only occasionally...

Brinton explains ‘harvesting sunlight’ to attendees

Brinton explains ‘harvesting sunlight’ to attendees

By RICHARD SKELLY AFP Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK — Will Brinton, founder of the Woods End Soil Lab near Augusta, Maine,...

Indigenous cultivators lauded as essential

Indigenous cultivators lauded as essential

By JANE PRIMERANO AFP Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK — Lyla June Johnston is hoping to revitalize Indigenous food systems around the...

NOFA-NJ: Opportunities in value-added production

NOFA-NJ: Opportunities in value-added production

By RICHARD SKELLY AFP Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK — A discussion moderated by Mercer County Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agent and Food...

We need to learn from history (Editorial)

We need to learn from history (Editorial)

The January edition of the USDA’s biannual cattle inventory report shows the nation’s cattle herd at 87.2 million head, down...

Panel: Soil amendment success takes curiosity, calculated risks

Panel: Soil amendment success takes curiosity, calculated risks

  SALISBURY, Md. — Be it biologicals from a jug or biomass from a cover crop, interest in soil amendments...

Maryland wine law takes effect in spring

Maryland wine law takes effect in spring

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Farm wineries in the state will have to comply this spring with a law requiring them to...


In search of salt-tolerable crops

In search of salt-tolerable crops

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — As coastal flooding threatens more farmer acres, a UMES horticulturalist is looking for crop varieties that...

Farmer: Fertilizer sign flouts state ban

Farmer: Fertilizer sign flouts state ban

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Southern Maryland grower was strolling through a Home Depot in Upper Marlboro early last month when...

Virginia representatives finding fountain grass in more pastures

Virginia representatives finding fountain grass in more pastures

By JANE W. GRAHAM AFP Correspondent BLACKSBURG, Va. — A question from a farmer spawned a lively unscripted and robust...

NRCS available to assist oyster operations (Keeping the Farm)

NRCS available to assist oyster operations (Keeping the Farm)

(Editor’s note: John Markon is a public affairs technician for Virginia NRCS.) Oystering could be the most traditional of all...

Staying connected (Pig Tales)

Staying connected (Pig Tales)

(Editor’s note: Dr. Rich Barczewski is a Professor Emeritus with Delaware State University.) A couple of weeks ago, an article...

Weather serving as wild card for spring planting (Grain Marketing)

Weather serving as wild card for spring planting (Grain Marketing)

(Editor’s note: John Hall is a professional commodities analyst.) The current weather has certainly been challenging as the abundant rainfall...

On-farm research trials lower risk, measures reward of new practices

On-farm research trials lower risk, measures reward of new practices

UNION BRIDGE, Md. — When Dave Burrier leaves the house during the growing season, he has a lot to look...

Producers urged to pay attention to seed costs

Producers urged to pay attention to seed costs

Regional grain producers will need to pay extra attention to their cost of production to make 2024 profitable, a University...

Promising Lumina strawberry awaiting patent

Promising Lumina strawberry awaiting patent

  BELTSVILLE, Md. — The start of the local strawberry season is still more than a month away but breeding...

Md. loggers suffer another blow

Md. loggers suffer another blow

JONATHAN CRIBBS Associate Editor PETERSBURG, W.Va. — Loggers and forestry advocates in Maryland lamented last week the abrupt closure of...