Labor Day Weekend On the Farm
Labor Day invokes a lot of jokes  among farmers.While neighbors and nonfarming friends and relatives get away someplace for the last long weekend of the summer,most farmers are working hard.They are hurrying to get hay in,getting equipment ready to chop corn,and milking and caring for livestock. They are picking apples [...]

Governor Lynch has sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack requesting a “Secretarial Disaster Designation for farmers with production losses in hay and other crops in all ten New Hampshire counties.” The letter states that “The disaster period began in early June and continues to date.” USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)state officials are [...]

With depressed milk prices, several dairy producers have considered making value-added dairy products to capture a larger portion of the consumer dollar. However, when times are tough and money tight, it can be difficult to start up a new enterprise. Making dairy products isn’t without risk,and the capital investment can be very large. It isn’t [...]

Just a few weeks ago, 20 dairy farmers told Governor John Lynch they wanted an opportunity to talk with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. On short notice we learned New Hampshire would be the second stop on the Obama Administration’s “Renewing America’s Promise” Rural Tour. Despite short lead time and the holiday weekend, word spread [...]