Brent Bryant, managing director of Beef Hoop Systems, keeps cattle under a hoop barn at his company's research farm Crops are not the only things wilting in the sweltering summer of 2012; cattle, the ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — Keith Ellis traded his off-farm job for full-time farming two years ago. He expanded his hog production capacity by building three more hoop buildings and adding sows. He markets all ...

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (KCRG) - A fire destroyed a hoop building in Independence late Wednesday night. The Independence Fire Department says crews were called to the 1900-block of Jamestown Avenue at ...

Keith Ellis traded his off-farm job for full-time farming two years ago. He expanded his Austin hog production capacity by building three more hoop buildings and adding sows. He markets all his hogs ...

Mark Bruno lives in Madison County and has five acres zoned for agriculture. He thought he would try his hand at local market farming, and as a first step, he decided to build a hoop house. Little did ...

With some key considerations on hoop house plans, siting and building a hoop house can provide your crops with sturdy protection and a longer growing season. Hoop houses (also known as “high tunnels”) ...