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Butternut Squash: 5 Tips to Market Your Crop

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This fall and winter staple grows and stores well. Follow these tips on pricing and marketing the butternut squash.

Spotted Lanternfly Control: Essential Tips for Hobby Farmers

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Spotted lanternflies are spreading across the eastern U.S., threatening fruit trees, grapevines and hardwoods. Taking steps to manage these invasive pests early is crucial.

Fall Garden Plants: What to Plant for Spring

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Consider Adding These Cool-Weather Plants to Protect Your Garden Through Winter and to Enjoy Come Spring

How to Dry Seeds: 3 Techniques for Success

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Saving your own seeds saves money and lets you always grow your favorite varieties. Learn how to dry seeds before storing them for use in next year's garden.

Step Into Comfort and Durability with the Dryshod Legend MXT Boot

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Farm work doesn’t run on a schedule—it runs on your commitment. Whether it’s feeding livestock before sunrise, patching fence in the afternoon, or trekking through mud to check the herd, you need boots that can go the distance. The Dryshod Legend MXT, designed for both men and women, is built to handle the realities of life […]

Fall Garden Chores: 5 Essential Tasks to Prepare for Winter

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As you put this year’s garden to bed, you can lighten your spring workload by performing a few key tasks.

Ethanol for Farm Equipment Pros & Cons

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If it’s a newer machine and sees consistent use, E10 is likely a fine option. Older or poorly maintained machines may do better with 100% gasoline.

Hay Rounds: 4 Ways to Move Them on a Farm

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Get to Know the Specialty Equipment that Can Move Round Hay Bales on the Farm

How To Tell When to Harvest Sunflowers

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Learning when to harvest sunflowers ensures you get the most from these garden favorites. Whether you’re gathering seeds for roasting, saving them for next year, or leaving a few behind for wildlife, timing is key.

Milkweed Plant: Friend or Foe for Farms?

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The milkweed plant may pose challenges for farms with livestock, but it also plays an irreplaceable role in supporting monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

Mud Boots: 5 Reasons Every Farmer Needs Them

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Gotta get farm work done? There's one tool you must have no matter what's on the to-do list.

Garden Chores List: 10 Tasks to Prep for Late Summer and Fall

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The end of summer seems to signal the end of the garden, but that’s just not so. Produce more vegetables into fall with these tips.

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