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How to help equine avoid or reduce heat stress
Hydration is important to help equine maintain good health and performance. Weather is heating up fast in the Southern Plains, underscoring the importance for horse managers to review basic strategies...
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Nails, insulation, baling wire pose potential cattle health risk
Following windy storms, cattle producers are encouraged to remove debris to avoid hardware disease. Cattle will eat just about anything that looks interesting in the pasture, so following strong...
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Meat packers back to near-normal capacity
Beef and pork production dropped nearly 30% during April as COVID-19 sickened workers. As of June 9, processing facilities across the cattle, swine and broiler sectors are operating at more than 95%...
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Take control of multiflora rose in pastures
This noxious weed has taken over in many pastures. There is one pasture project that never seems to go away: Controlling the multiflora rose. The plant was first introduced into the United States in...
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Peach quality, prices good for Texas producers
Texas Crop and Weather Report – June 9, 2020 Peach producers in the Hill Country are reporting good quality and good demand despite an odd winter and remaining COVID-19 restrictions, said Texas...
View ArticleDean Lee Research Station virtual field tour set for July 20
The decision to use an online format for the Dean Lee Research field tour was made out of caution given the current COVID-19 situation. The 2020 Dean Lee Research and Extension Center virtual field...
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Grassley wants update on price fixing investigation
USDA's Packers and Stockyards Division started investigation into potential market manipulation in beef packing industry in August 2019. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is requesting USDA's Packers and...
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Heat stress risk rises for heavier cattle
Heavy cattle and hot summer weather can be a dangerous combination for livestock producers. Heavier-than-normal cattle on feed due to pandemic-related marketing delays and the hot, humid summer...
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Beef cattle webinars set June 17, July 1
Hour-long webinars to focus on assistance program updates and beef and range management.The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold the next two webinars of its COVID-19 West Region Beef...
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Opposites attract: These two horses work well as a team
From day one, these two were bonded. You will not take one for a ride without ponying the other. They do their best work as a team. I will never forget the first day the two of them met. Rachel’s...
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Michigan ag organizations file CAFO permit appeal
The coalition says new regulations that took effect April 1 are not based on sound science. About 270 concentrated animal feeding operations in Michigan are facing costly, burdensome and unfounded...
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Missouri State Fair to go on in August
It won’t be a traditional state fair — concerts and vendors are still in question, but livestock show will take place. The Missouri State Fair was canceled only one time in more than 100 years and...
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College ag programs continue amidst virtual learning
California agricultural colleges continue in fall with mix of hands-on and virtual learning The California State University system's announcement earlier this year that classes would be virtual and...
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Illinois State Fair off, but livestock show on
A Junior Livestock Expo is planned for September, minus the Sale of Champions. Illinois now joins several states throughout the Midwest that have canceled their state fairs for 2020. Gov. J.B....
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All dressed up and nowhere to go!
Showing opportunities are limited for some 4-H’ers this year. No one doubted when the COVID-19 shutdown began that there would be unintended consequences. By now, however, it’s clear those unintended...
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Farm Progress America, June 15, 2020
Max Armstrong explores a new lawsuit filed against four major beef processors Max Armstrong shares that the four largest beef packers are in the spotlight for potential cattle market manipulation. A...
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Tips for working cattle during COVID-19 pandemic
Food production is essential, and beef producers need to consider how infections may affect work. Food production is essential, and that requires beef producers to carefully consider how COVID-19...
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Persistence pays off when fighting flies
Flies cost U.S. dairy and cattle producers over $1 billion in lost income every year. Hot. Hot. Hot. It’s summertime, and according to Rick Hack, an independent business consultant, when the...
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Why do you use corn in your livestock ration?
NCGA Farm to Virtual Fair contest hopes to engage next generation. The benefits of using corn in the feed ration is the focus of a new summer contest from the National Corn Growers Association. The...
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Farm Progress America, June 16, 2020
Max Armstrong shares news of a structural change in China's swine industry Max Armstrong looks at the practice in China of relocating the livestock industry. But now the country is building large...
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