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There is no better feeling than producing a crop or raising animals to feed yourself and others and having that product go to market.

A recipe for Pumpkin Hummus with cooking instructions, required ingredients, nutritional facts, and more.

Property line maintenance is one of the most important aspects of land ownership. Well-marked boundaries can help ensure your assets are protected. This article and associated video will teach you how to maintain and mark your property lines.

E. coli is a bacteria that has caused numerous outbreaks of food-borne illness in recent years. Symptoms can include severe stomach cramps, fever, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea.

This creamy Green Goddess Dip combines low-fat mayonnaise and Greek yogurt with fresh herbs, garlic, and lemon for a bright, flavorful dip.

The following best practices, supported by research and industry guidance, highlight the essentials every market should review regularly.

Applying knowledge and structure to your pricing can give you the sales advantage.

This article describes what a QR code is, how they work, how to create one, and how to use QR codes for marketing.

Spring is one of the busiest times of the year on a farm. Even if things are busy, keep health and safety to the forefront of what you do. See tips below.

Managing feed refusals is a balance between providing enough to ensure that each cow has access to all the feed she wants and minimizing waste.

The article summarizes consumption and purchasing data published by associations and organizations since the July 2025 Alcoholic Beverage Trends update.

Learn how to set aside time to connect, use open‑ended questions, and practice active listening to strengthen communication, support your child’s feelings, and build a trusting parent‑child relationship.

Before beginning the discussion of the principles of plant nutrient systems in hydroponic systems, we need to define what we mean by 'hydroponic'.

With hot weather, the main concern is often loss of milk production, but heat stress can also cause cows to experience a seasonal high SCC as well.

Learn new strategies to help children manage stress through physical activity. A resource for parenting and supporting children and youth.

A common form of improper timber cutting in Pennsylvania and many other states is known as high-grading. This practice is sometimes called "select" or "selective" cutting, and it should be avoided.

Late summer is the time to plan a cover crop in order to preserve and improve soil. This article offers cover crop suggestions and tips.

The following are some commonly asked food preservation questions and their answers.

This guide is to help you in your role as Team Captain for the Everybody Walk Across Pennsylvania program.

Because some participants may prefer options for activity other than walking, we put together the following instructions for how to calculate exercise equivalents for those types of activities.

This guide can help Workplaces, organizations, and schools utilize the Everybody Walk Across Pennsylvania program as part of their wellness plan, or encourage employees and students to become more active.

A systematic approach to detecting and dealing with tree risk can greatly reduce the potential for tree failures that cause injury and damage to property.

Inspect and perform maintenance on sprinklers, shade structures and cloths, fans and other ventilation systems, and water systems before the temperature rises.

Lameness can have negative implications beyond cow comfort. Lameness contributes to reduced milk production, reduced reproduction and increased costs related to treatment and prevention.

Photos demonstrate dairy cows with a range of body condition scores. Each photo includes key observations at that score.