Chris Torres

Richland

Editor at Farm Progress

Editor at American Agriculturist

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Normal temps and rainfall after wet May

5 days ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

Two months ago, Millersville University meteorologist Kyle Elliott was sounding the alarm on drought, telling farmers to prepare for the worst. After a chilly and rainy May, he’s singing a much different tune. “The drought’s gone,” Elliott says. “We basically had two to three months’ worth of rain … in one month … in a four-week time span between May 3 and May 31.
Tips for success

1 week ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

For many growers, planting a double-crop soybean is just a normal part of the crop rotation. But when you get as far north as Waldron, Mich., on the Ohio-Michigan state line, it can be a year-to-year decision. “I generally won’t plant double-crop beans after July 10. So, if we get wheat off the Fourth of July and I can start planting some double-crop beans on the sixth or eighth of July, that’s great.
Ryan Graham's conservation success story

1 week ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

Having grown up on a small dairy farm, Ryan Graham learned the value of hard work at a young age. But it’s his reputation as an excellent crop farmer that’s led this Master Farmer to lifelong success. “When I graduated college, I had $200 in the bank,” he says. “Today, I have a net worth of $4.3 million and revenue of $1.3 million.”From cows to custom farmingRyan graduated high school in 1993 and went to college at Penn State, graduating in 1999 with a degree in ag systems management.
Bill and Debra Bryant triumph over tragedy

1 week ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

Bigger isn’t always better, and Bill and Debra Bryant have proven that in their more than 40 years running Highland Farm just outside Honesdale, Pa.They have overcome tough soils, a tough dairy market and personal tragedies to grow what was once a 40-cow dairy into a dynamic operation that is now a treasure in the local community. The farm comes callingBorn in Honesdale, Bill grew up on his family’s registered Holstein dairy farm.
Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer class of 2023 highlights agricultural diversity

1 week ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

This year’s Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer class runs the gamut, from a large field crop operation, to a 100-cow dairy, to a world-class sod farm outside Washington, D.C.The honorees encompass everything that’s unique about farming in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Doug Lechlider's sod farm success story

1 week ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

The grass is always greener at Doug Lechlider’s sod farm in Gaithersburg, Md. But it has to be: Growing sod is his business. “I’m still learning something every day about this business,” he says. There’s a lot that goes into growing good-looking grass. But it’s something he’s been committed to for decades, and it’s helping keep farming alive in an area just 40 minutes outside Washington, D.C.Doug grew up a few miles from his current farm, helping his parents raise beef and hogs.
Spring weather challenges for Pennsylvania and New York farmers

2 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

Editor’s note: This is the first in a once-a-month series from American Agriculturist called Field Snapshot. It’s our way of providing you a “snapshot” of what’s happening on area farms. This year’s Field Snapshot participants are Oakleigh Farm LLC in Mercersburg, Pa., and Dumond Ag LLC in Union Springs, N.Y.We hope this monthly series will be fun to read, but most of all, we hope you get something that you can apply to your own farm to be more profitable and sustainable.
Michigan dairy boosts milk production with high-quality forage

3 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

Alfalfa harvest is coming, and at Sand Creek Dairy in Hastings, Mich., those 8 a.m. to midnight shifts in the forage harvester will soon be a reality. But it’s worth it to get the best feed for the farm’s 1,200 head of Holsteins and Jerseys. “Really, our focus as a dairy is just trying to maximize the production and the efficiency with the ground that we got, and the cattle that we’ve got,” says Ethan Haywood, the sixth generation of his family on the farm. How do they do it?
Mother’s Day blooms at Leola Produce Auction

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

As you’re finalizing those Mother’s Day plans, have you ever wondered where those flowers you got Mom came from? If you live in Pennsylvania or the surrounding states, chances are they probably came from a nearby farm that’s been prepping for the Mother’s Day holiday. And the store you got your flowers from? Well, they likely purchased their flowers from the Leola Produce Auction, right in the heart of Lancaster County, Pa.The weeks leading up to Mother’s Day are frantic at the auction.
Exports, imports and prices

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

President Donald Trump’s tariff pause goes through July 9. That means we will all have to wait with bated breath to see what countries start trade negotiations, or if the across-the-board tariffs he proposed in early April will take effect. But what exactly is a tariff, and how will it potentially affect your farm? Here’s a look at the tariff impact from the perspective of the apple industry. First, what is a tariff?