Central Farmers Cooperative

How Drones Came to Your Local Farm

Relatively cheap drones with advanced sensors and imaging capabilities are giving farmers new ways to increase yields and reduce crop damage.

13 Dog Breeds That Are Overwhelmingly Affectionate

How to Use Complete Feeds to Stretch Your Hay Supply

Fiery blazes, drought, and poor growing conditions have made hay difficult to find and expensive to buy in many locations throughout the nation. These conditions have left horse owners with the difficult task of finding an affordable source of quality hay

A new way of farming in dry climates?

Ernst Gotsch's method of agriculture increases, rather than decreases, biodiversity and wildlife.

Balancing cattle rations using Pearson Squares

What do ranchers need to know before balancing cattle rations using Pearson Squares? A Pearson Square is a tool that can be used to calculate the portion of two feeds

Ah-ha Moments: When Cooperative Learning in the Classroom Works

In my cooperative learning groups, students must have consensus to move forward. This leaves little room for “opting out” and allows all voices to be heard

It's time to consider a new cooperative principle

Each year, February is commemorated as Black History Month. This is a period to reflect on the sacrifices of African-Americans and celebrate the many contributions made to the American melting pot. It is also a time to consider where diversity and inclusion for all of us stands today. As I look at my community of …

What We Can Learn From a $5 Million-Dollar Agricultural Cooperative Fraud

One of my colleagues from the Agri-Business department of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, knowing my interest in fraud examination, forwarded me an article about a $5 million-dollar fraud that occurred at a Minnesota agricultural cooperative. Published in the online magazine Successful

Thank You Farmers for Being the Best at What You Do

“I'm glad I don't have to make a living farming. Too much hard work. Too many variables you don't have control over, like, is it going to rain? All I can say is, god bless the real farmers out there.” Professional golfer and back nine philosopher - Fuzzy ZoellerSpoken like a golfer who grew up in the midst of the corn fields of Indiana, because those are Fuzzy’s roots. National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is big on advocating for some of the…

Starting a food business workshop offered by Cooperative Extension

Class to help individuals seeking to sell food products including jams and packaged foods

Know Before You Go: Farmers’ Market 101

Planning to shop local for your produce this summer? If so, learning a bit about your neighborhood vendors and the produce they sell can ensure that you find the quality you are looking for. By Paulette Lambert, RD, CDE The number of farmers’ markets across the country is growing, fueled by an increase in interest …

How To Know If You're An Interrupter Or A 'Cooperative Overlapper'

This conversational habit seems like interrupting but it's actually not.

6 Tips for Navigating Farmers’ Markets

Get the most out of your local farmers’ market with these helpful pointers.

Your city will be dramatically different in just 5 to 10 years

More senior living, less retail, fewer parking spots — and machinery that can demolish buildings onsite, and then recycle those materials to 3-D print an entirely modern building in its place.

Hay exporters, domestic buyers hit hard by drought-driven shortage

Australia's livestock feed supplies are under threat due to the drought, which is putting pressure on both domestic customers and the export market.

Where Have All the Womyn Farmers Gone?

Throwback to 1970s, the era when the nation witnessed a boom in women-led farms.

How, And Why, Some Farmers Are Bringing Livestock Back To The Prairie

On a cloudy summer day, Iowa farmer Wendy Johnson lifts the corner of a mobile chicken tractor, a lightweight mesh-covered plastic frame that has corralled