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Imagine stepping outside one morning to find feathers scattered across your yard and several of your prized hens gone—victims of a sneaky fox or raccoon that easily breached your basic fencing. For many small homesteaders raising 10–50 chickens, this heartbreaking scenario is all too common when relying on traditional chicken wire alone. That’s where electric […]

The idea of collecting fresh eggs from your own yard sounds idyllic—until questions start piling up. Will chickens smell? Do I need a farm? What if I do something wrong? These worries stop many people before they ever begin. The truth is, backyard chickens for beginners are far more manageable, affordable, and rewarding than most

Few things are more discouraging than stepping into your garden one morning and finding freshly planted seedlings scratched out, mulch scattered everywhere, and chickens proudly clucking among the destruction. If you raise poultry and grow food, you’ve likely faced this exact conflict—and wondered whether it’s even possible to keep chickens and gardens safe at the

One predator attack can undo months—or even years—of careful poultry management. Whether it’s raccoons slipping in at night, dogs during the day, or foxes testing weak points, flock losses are one of the most frustrating and costly problems poultry keepers face. That’s why so many farmers and backyard chicken owners are asking the same critical

Your corn stubble is pale, the soil probe pulls up hard clods instead of dark crumbs, and your latest soil test shows organic matter dropping again while the fertilizer bill just jumped 42% year-over-year. If that hits home, keep reading — because the single highest-ROI move thousands of top regenerative farmers made in 2024 and

Imagine walking your corn field in late June and spotting hundreds — not one or two — but hundreds of genuine four-leaf clovers growing as a living mulch beneath your knee-high corn. That actually happened in 2024 on a 150-acre no-till farm near Galway, Ireland, and again on a SARE-funded trial in Story County, Iowa.

Imagine this: It’s late May in central Iowa, and third-generation farmer Jake Rollins is watching his alfalfa field hit the perfect 10% bloom stage. Instead of calling the local co-op for a generic hay pickup, he fires off a 15-second Instagram Reel—drone footage of the swather, a live NIR scan showing 195 RFV, and a

In August 2022, two combines rolled side-by-side across twin 80-acre pivots outside Rexburg, Idaho. Mike R. dumped 1,480 lb of clean alfalfa seed per acre. His neighbor, same DuPont variety, same sandy loam, same irrigation schedule, limped home with 710 lb. The only difference? Mike had followed the 3-Season Seed-Max Rotation Blueprint you’re about to

Picture this: a mid-season soil test reveals alarming nitrogen depletion and rising fusarium pressure—yet neighboring fields using Spanish barley in rotation report 22% higher wheat yields and 40% fewer fungicide applications. What’s their secret? The answer lies in Spanish barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. distichon), a resilient, two-row landrace cultivated for centuries in Iberia’s harsh climates.

Imagine holding a piece of amber, a golden relic from millions of years ago, with a perfectly preserved insect locked inside—a snapshot of an ancient ecosystem frozen in time. This amber with insect isn’t just a curiosity; it’s a window into nature’s timeless strategies for balance and resilience, offering profound lessons for modern agriculture. Specifically,