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Corn growers visit Japan, serve barbecue
Two Missouri farmers promote U.S. corn and meat with overseas customers. Corn growers Mark Scott and Jay Fischer recently joined a team of agricultural leaders and the U.S. Meat Export Federation to...
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A last chance to stop California’s Proposition 12
If the law is not overturned, California will dictate farming practices across the nation Early this month the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) filed a complaint against the Attorney General of...
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Wyoming gets new meat lab manager
Short Takes: University of Wyoming meat lab manager, Extension honor and alumni awards A lot is happening at the University of Wyoming, from a new manager being hired for the university’s meat lab to...
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Below-average crop expected for Texas pumpkin growers
Pumpkin quality is good but yields are down. Texas’ pumpkin growers expect a below-average harvest this season as they dealt with early-season rains and extreme heat and drought through the summer...
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Key tips for cornstalk grazing
As harvest approaches, keep these considerations in mind for grazing corn residue. It's been said that with 9 million acres of corn and 1.8 million beef cows in Nebraska, there are more than twice the...
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Applications open for livestock investment, value-added grants
Livestock investment grant proposals are due by Dec. 18; value-added applications by Jan. 23. Minnesota livestock farmers and ranchers seeking to improve their livestock operations are encouraged to...
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Horse course geared toward women equine owners
Four-session course covers business risks of raising, handling and marketing healthy horses. No doubt about it, women are the majority owners and caretakers of horses.In Iowa, horse ownership is big...
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Farmer becomes first woman to win hay show
University of Missouri Extension helped Marcia Moreland grow her cattle and hay operation. Like many girls raised on farms in the 1970s, Marcia Moreland learned to cook, clean and iron. Men and boys...
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Is your beef operation ready for winter?
Beef Column: For every 10-degree drop below 30 degrees F, cattle energy requirements increase by 13%. By Jim VersweyveldWith another Wisconsin winter upon us, it’s a great time to consider cold...
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Haywire Cattle Co. wins 2nd straight ranch rodeo contest
The ranch hands of Haywire won two events and placed in a third to win this year’s event. Outside the ranching world, most people equate “rodeo” with bull-riding, bucking broncos and professional...
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Setting goals for a new beef marketing year
Montana Beef Council approves promotional funding and elects new officers. Setting goals is important for any organization, especially one charged with the task of building market demand for a key...
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Minnesota turkey organizations consider restructuring
An outside consulting firm has been hired to assist with long-term strategic planning. Following the resignations of three executive staff this summer, Minnesota’s turkey organizations are working...
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Virginia’s Michael McDowell is top Southeastern farmer for 2019
Michael McDowell transitioned a traditional row crop and tobacco operation into one of the region’s top Angus seedstock operation. Michael McDowell approached the podium a little stunned, gathered his...
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CattleTrace plans first industry symposium for November
Participants in the CattleTrace symposium will get to watch a mock trace demonstration. After nearly two years of planning, development and implementation of a cattle disease traceability...
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Beef cattle vaccination headlines Oct. 29 meeting
Silverton, Texas, meeting to cover disease prevention, vaccination protocol and vaccinations crucial to protecting herds. A three-hour “Beef Cattle Vaccination: Controlling Trichomoniasis and...
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Placing prairie strips helps row crop farm
An upcoming workshop will explain the use of native plants and pollinators and cost share on the farm. Native plants provide many benefits for agricultural producers and landowners, such as pollinator...
View ArticleAmerican Agriculturist | Crop, livestock and dairy farming information
Publish Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 16:21Published: Need reference: Homepage Layout: FarmProgress Brand LayoutBrand: American AgriculturistPromo blocks: Crop rotation has never been more...
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South Carolina farm wins annual hay contest with 241 RFQ
The annual hay contest had a record 380 entries from producers from seven Southern states for seven contest categories. South Carolina’s Yon Family Farm won the 2019 Southeastern Hay Contest with a...
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Agriculture productivity growth slowing in North America
Global Agricultural Productivity Report released at World Food Prize in Des Moines Agricultural productivity growth – increasing output of crops and livestock with existing or fewer inputs – is...
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Cool-season vegetables looking good for Texas producers
Texas Crop and Weather Report – Oct. 16, 2019 Conditions were mixed for cool-season vegetable-producing areas of the state, with the Rio Grande Valley and Wintergarden both experiencing weather that...
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