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How to Build a Portable Shade Shelter

Farm Management
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Keep your cattle cool in the summer by building a shade shelter that you can easily move around the field.

How to Control Flies on the Farm

Farm Management
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A combination of farm-management techniques and fly-control products can help reduce fly populations on your farm.

Nature’s Cleaning Crew: Vultures

Farm Management
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Sometimes people ask our mom, "What is your favorite bird?” They think she’s kidding when she says "the vulture,” but she’s not.

Broomcorn for the Birds

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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I have really been enjoying watching the birds this winter. Although they always love the black oil sunflower seeds and suet we put out for them, this year they seem to be particularly fond of the broomcorn a farmer friend gave to me.

Track Nature with a Calendar

Farm Management
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Mom was looking at her calendar today. She checked it against her 2011 and 2012 calendars, and guess what? The frogs should start serenading us this month!

Calculate Winter Forage Needs

Animals | Farm Management |
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Don’t run out of hay for your livestock this winter. Plan ahead with this forage-stocking plan.

Décor For The Birds

Farm Management
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If you’re looking for a new, fun Christmas tradition, try this: Create a Christmas tree for wild birds.

4 Considerations Before Opening a Bed-and-Breakfast

Farm Management
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If your dream is to open a bed-and-breakfast on your farm or a future property, think through these things before diving in to the farm-based business.

Brave Carrier Pigeons!

Farm Management
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Last week, when Uzzi and I were checking the news, we read about a pigeon that carried messages for the British Army during World War II, more than 70 years ago.

Feeling Squirrelly

Farm Management
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Do you have a lot of squirrels on your farm? We do. That’s because nearly all of our trees are oaks or hickories

6 Ways to Cope with Disaster Recovery

Farm Management
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Recent hurricane recovery efforts remind us it's a good time to learn how to cope in the event of a disaster in your area.

Invasive Beetle Threatens U.S. Avocados

Farm Management | News |
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The redbay ambrosia beetle, carrying a fungal disease damaging to avocado trees, is spreading through the U.S. while researchers aim to stop it in its tracks.

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