NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2003

Vol 49, No. 8

Cutting A Giant Swath
Mowing 36 feet in one pass, this custom hay operator puts down hundreds of hay acres in one day.

The Good Farm Life Built By Design
Profit is in detailed management for this independent Iowa hog producer.

Farming Made Possible For A Young Family
A retiring farm couple made it possible for a young family to take over their Wisconsin dairy farm.

Connections
Information: A Valuable Agricultural Commodity

OCTOBER 2003

Vol 49, No. 7

Unique Cattle Put Family Back On The Farm
What can you do with a 10-acre farm? They found out with a rare breed of beef cattle.

Forest Foraging Sheep Spare The Evergreens
These sheep are rented out to graze unwanted plants in wilderness tree plantations.

Granny’s Grand Effort: 429,000 Pounds of Milk
Wisconsin Holstein rewrites the milk production history books.

Connections
National Farm-City Week promotes connections between rural and urban communities.

SEPTEMBER 2003

Vol 49, No. 6

Profit In The Pasture
An Arkansas rancher was able to cut feed costs and sell extra hay when he discovered his pasture grass was more nutritious than he realized.

Young Cows Key High-Producing Herd
After one or two lactations these pampered high producers are sold and replaced by first-calf heifers.

Stubble Crops Replace Summerfallow
Direct seeding of pulse crops into wheat stubble has profitably replaced the 50-50 rotation of durum and summerfallow.

A Farmer’s Peanut Story
Business boomed when this truck farmer put a sign on his peanut display that read, “Guaranteed Worst In Town”.

JULY/AUGUST 2003

Vol 49, No. 5

Pushing The Limits Of Growth
A family farmer thoughtfully considers when it’s time to stop getting bigger.

Town Girls Tackle Farm Work
When this city girl married a farm boy she discovered that sharing the load meant hoisting 200-pound hay bales into the peak of the barn. No sweat.

Berries Boost Farm Income
When these North Dakota cattle and grain farmers wanted to boost their income, they became the only raspberry growers within 100 miles.

Living Off The Harvest
A partnership among competitors helped this young man establish a sound custom operating business.

News Connection
Alliance sees biodiesel as energy’s “rising star”

MAY/JUNE 2003

Vol 49, No. 4

Once-A-Day Milking Is Big Labor Saver
Milking just one time every day has worked for this Missouri dairy family that also processes its own milk.

Fifty Years In Rice And Still Going Strong
Despite current low prices, rice has served this Arkansas family well for many years.

Beef From Hogs
Huge amounts of hog manure are turning quackgrass into high-quality forage for cattle.

News Connection
New Holland BR Series Balers Selected as Incentive for NCBA State Affiliate Membership Drive

APRIL 2003

Vol 49, No. 3

Planes In The Pasture
A Pennsylvania dairyman restores old airplanes and hosts vintage aircraft on his farm.

Swiss Borrow Holstein Genes
Brown Swiss-Holstein calves become registered Swiss by the third generation.

When The Cattle And The Hayfield Call
These hay and cattle farmers run, they don’t walk, through their day, but they love what they’re doing.

News Connection
Kentucky Farmer Wins AFBF “Farmer Idea Exchange”

MARCH 2003

Vol 49, No. 2

Farmers Strike A Blow Against World Hunger
All across Canada, volunteer community farm projects are donating huge amounts of food for people in other countries.

Finding A Way To Farm Small
Making a living from 156 acres in Nebraska required an unconventional approach.

Are You Ready For Some B&B?
Farmers who have done it tell how and why your farm may make a great bed and breakfast inn.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003

Vol 49, No. 1

Love Me (Lean and) Tender
Their own DNA helps Piedmontese cattle produce lean and tender beef.

Story In A Stump Fence
Giant tree roots removed by pioneer farmers who cleared the land can still be found.

A Place For The Plow
The plow and shelter belts are still important tools, even to a conservationist farmer.

Dry-Year Grazing Just Improved
Oats and turnip tops add valuable forage and extend the grazing season.

New Holland Connections
NAFB: The Voice of the American Farmer