Jan. 11—This story was originally published in December 2020. For Maine farmers, the winter can be tough. Layering up to do farm chores is a hassle, and freezing cold temperatures can keep you from ...

As temperatures get colder, most producers begin to focus their attention on getting stored forages to their animals. It's also a good time to remember available water for livestock in the winter is ...

There is an easy answer, and there is a right answer. A general guideline is that lactating cows need two gallons of water per 100 pounds of bodyweight per day. Bulls and dry cows need one to one and ...

The Small Home, Big Decisions series follows Jennifer and her husband, Tyler, as they build a self-reliant homestead on a piece of country property in northeastern Kansas. The series will delve into ...

DAKOTA CITY -- A Siouxland company is using off the road tires to push snow and ice off the road. USA Tire Management Systems is marketing a line of rubber scrapers made from large discarded tires cut ...

In a secluded corner of Joshua Tree, Calif., a livestock tank painted white, surrounded with cactuses and crowned with black string lights serves as an outdoor tub for ultrahip Airbnb "The Shack ...

Tucked away from humans in hard-to-reach places, hundreds of artificial water catchments—AWCs, also known as guzzlers—dot the arid Southwest landscape, collecting rainwater for wildlife to drink.

Water tanks dry, households rationing drinking water, animals parched — this is the reality for thousands of Victorian families and farmers struggling through the worst drought seen in almost two ...