Here at Country Folks , we love a happy ending just as much as the next – and though this outcome might be bittersweet, it is heartwarming to see one of our own back on their feet after getting knocked down. Recently, Country Folks covered the devastation experienced by Insight Dairy, located in Lit...

Oscar Garrison, senior vice president of food safety and regulatory affairs for United Egg Producers (UEP), addressed the issue of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) recently at the USDA Ag Outlook Forum. What he expressed about the status of the current outbreak of was sobering. “This has bee...

While “manureshed” may sound like a place to store manure prior to land application, Dr. Robb Meinen, Penn State Extension, described the term as a nutrient management concept. “A manureshed is the area where there are surplus manure nutrients because of the density of animals,” said Meinen, who spo...