Rural Heritage October/November 2025

VOLUME 50

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2025

NUMBER 5

Editor/Publisher Joe Mischka editor@ruralheritage.com Advertising ad@ruralheritage.com Editing Susan Blocker Subscriber Services subscribe@ruralheritage.com Regular Contributors

Departments

5 Publisher's Post 82 Calendar of Events 85 Associations

90 My Card 96 Breeder's Directory 97 RH on RFD-TV

Rob Collins Ralph J. Rice Anne & Eric Nordell Donn Hewes Jerry Hicks Dick Courteau

3 Cover Photo: Cameron Genter trains a young working steer at Lightroot Farm in Boulder, Colo. Above: Cameron spreads a load of manure with his team of horses. Features 6 A View From Holmes County.......................... Mary Ann Sherman 11 Understanding Soil Tests................................. Mary Ann Sherman 12 Pastured Egg Production................................. Mary Ann Sherman 14 Grazing Cattle................................................. Mary Ann Sherman 16 Greenhouse Tour............................................... Mary Ann Sherman 18 Raising Meat Goats ......................................... Mary Ann Sherman 20 Pesticide-Free Home Orchards........................ Mary Ann Sherman 21 Soil Health.......................................................... Mary Ann Sherman 22 HPD 2025 International Meeting................... Mary Ann Sherman i Four Bonus Pages (Millroad Threshermen)*...........Rural Heritage 26 HPD 2025 Field Equipment ..................................... Rural Heritage 60 HPD 2025 Equipment Manufacturers..................... Rural Heritage 62 A Two-Acre Demo Field................................................. Rob Collins v Four Bonus Pages (NSFWA Conference)*...............Rural Heritage 66 Training Duke to Drive................................................ Donn Hewes 74 Combining a Community............................................ Ralph J. Rice ix Four Bonus Pages (2025 WMSTR)*........................Rural Heritage *Bonus Pages are available on our Digital Edition.

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