1+ hour, 59+ min ago  (884+ words) CiCi enjoys the attention of a Brownie Troop from Colts Neck, NJ. One of the many good qualities of therapy dog CiCi is she knows how to read the room. Whether in a hospital, school or nursing facility, the 3-year-old…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (163+ words) Much of the time, we give them little thought. They coexist with all of us, celebrated by those who love to watch and feed them, more likely just ignored by those not enthralled with the birds with which we share…...

2+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (211+ words) A springtime wellness checklist is a good way to make sure your horse is healthy going into the warm weather months. Spring is in the air! It’s warmed up outside, and we are starting to spend more time in the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (201+ words) Lancaster Farming Get the newspaper digitally or delivered weekly to your door Start buying and selling for as little as $2.99/month! A springtime wellness checklist is a good way to make sure your horse is healthy going into the warm…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (168+ words) They show up every spring, on schedule and as routine as clockwork. Sometimes, they’re successful; sometimes, they’re not. So when we spotted this year’s nesting Canada goose hen, we figured this might be one of the successful seasons for our…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (246+ words) DelVal faculty member Breann DePietro (center) works with equine program students Alexis Evans, Sara Bellon and Tanley Falcone in university's indoor ring. More than a century ago, draft horses at the National Farm School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, were helping prepare…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (223+ words) A new study finds horses can smell fear in human sweat, and it's contagious. The results of a new study have confirmed what humans have suspected about horses for millennia: They can smell our fear, and it’s contagious. French researchers…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (157+ words) A goat in the Steinmetz Farm goat snuggling booth at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. A farmer’s decision to perform an emergency C-section on a goat has generated public indignation, but fellow farmers aren’t so shocked. Justin Steinmetz, who owns Steinmetz…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (134+ words) What comes to mind when most folks think of a farm? Likely one of the first mental images is a large barn, probably red or white, amid a cluster of other buildings, perhaps with large, old trees dotting the area…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (263+ words) Horse care when it's bitter cold should focus on water, forage and shelter. The sustained arctic blast that has sent temperatures plummeting in the Mid-Atlantic can pose serious health challenges for horses without the proper care. In bitter cold, horse…...