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Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos

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This round of Say Cheese contenders includes lumbering lornhorns, grumpy roosters, curious cattle, pristine piggies and much more!

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Beginning Farmers Equipment Farm & Garden News

Work To Wear: Farm Living Fashion For Fall Farming Tasks

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This collection of durable, practical farmwear includes stylish slip-ons, a durable farm jacket, tough-but-comfy pants and more!

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Chronic Wasting Disease: An Overview and Update

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Chronic Wasting Disease is in the U.S. to stay. Learn about CWD and what it means for local deer populations and livestock.

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Consider A Heritage Breed Turkey This Thanksgiving

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This Thanksgiving, give gratitude for all you have with a heritage breed turkey. Here's what that means, why you should consider it and how to get an heirloom bird.

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Let Your John Deere Gator Drive With AutoTrac

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John Deere has added AutoTrac, a smart hand-free steering system, to several new 2023 Gators—and older Gators can get in on the fun, too!

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Animals Farm & Garden Large Animals News

At In Loving Swineness, Feral Pigs Clear Weeds From Local Farms

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At In Loving Swineness in northwest Florida, Christal and Frank Ellard capture and employ feral pigs to clear farmland of invasive grasses.

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Getting The Lead Out On Urban Farm, Garden Soil

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Study shows guidance on garden soil contaminants such as lead is inconsistent—or missing altogether—but urban growers can take action.

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Rodale Institute 9-Month Farmer Training Internships Are Now Available!

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The Rodale Institute is currently accepting applications for its comprehensive regenerative farming program with an eye toward equipping new organic farmers.

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We Spoke With Joe Lamp’l About “The Vegetable Gardening Book”

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Gardening personality Joe Lamp'l (a/k/a the "Joe" in joe gardener) spoke with us about discovering gardening, growing vegetables, his new book and more.

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You Can Help Timber Tracking Researchers Protect Eastern White Oak Trees

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Adventure Scientists group seeks tree DNA samples to build massive tree genetics reference library through their Timber Tracking project.

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