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How Much Are Deer REALLY Costing This Farmer?
8+ hour, 10+ min ago (272+ words) Deer can quietly cost farmers thousands of dollars in lost crops, but just how big is the problem and how many deer are there? Using a thermal drone, we count deer across a farmer's 100 acre field with a Penn State…...
What Happens When There Is a Bat in the Office? [Opinion]
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (545+ words) A bat hangs from a window in the Lancaster Farming newsroom on July 24, 2026 in Ephrata, Pa. It was a quiet Friday in the office. That is, until a gasp was heard across the newsroom along with the shocked question, “Is…...
South African and Oklahoman Farmers Join to Share No-Till Advice
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (1166+ words) Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance Soil Health Field Day attendees gather for a Horsch Avatar no-till planter demonstration July 23, 2026 at Flinchbaugh's Orchard and Farm Market, Hallam, Pa. HALLAM, Pa. — Farming in South Africa has its unique set of challenges, but the path…...
How Poultry House Platform Perches Help Broiler Health
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (577+ words) Broiler chickens benefit from access to platform perches for roosting. Even commercial broilers, which tend to struggle with mobility, show strong motivation for this behavior. Multiple studies have found that fast-growing broilers will use elevated platforms with ramps daily throughout…...
Summer Soil Management for Produce Through Cover Crops
2+ week, 1+ day ago (585+ words) Buckwheat in a mixed cover crop in a fallow field in the summer. Do you have any fields or high tunnels that are not cropped for a few weeks in the summer? If so, have you considered a short-term cover…...
Canadian Geese Are Uninvited Visitors on the Farm [Opinion]
2+ week, 3+ day ago (924+ words) You would think they owned the place. I had just stepped around the edge of our garage to drag out the totes for our weekly trash pickup when I stopped dead in my tracks at the surprise visitors. No, it…...
Water Filtration System Wins Maryland Farm National Award
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (824+ words) The most noticeable part of Rick and Beth Weaver’s organic chicken farms is the tree buffer around them and throughout the pasture, providing shade for the birds. Inside, however, the Weavers have implemented a number of conservation measures that are…...
Lancaster Bison Farm Brings Rare Meat to Local Customers
1+ mon, 13+ hour ago (175+ words) Bison and calves roam at Old Springhouse Bison Farm in Manheim, Pa. MANHEIM, Pa. — Dennis Lehman had decades of experience farming and raising a dairy herd, but bison had always intrigued him. In 2008, he purchased a bred bison cow and…...
Food Exploration Grows Duck Market and Supports Family Farms
1+ mon, 19+ hour ago (214+ words) A duck house owned by Joe Jurgielewicz & Son. Duck has become more than a holiday special or part of Chinese takeout, and bird production is finding a place on many Pennsylvania farms. Product development that puts often unfamiliar duck meat…...
The Surprising Facts Behind Delaware Blue Hens
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (200+ words) The Delaware Blue Hen is the official mascot of the University of Delaware. When University of Delaware poultry science professor Brian Ladman and his students take the athletic teams’ mascot, the Delaware Blue Hen, to home games, they are met…...