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Local meat sales gain traction
Livestock Outlook: Locally produced meat may or may not capture price premiums. The COVID-19 pandemic that crippled packing plants fueled a spike in demand for local meat processing services. Many...
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Central Nevada ag research station opens
The Great Basin Research and Extension Center in Eureka County has begun operations. Dryland range management can be a challenge, but help is on the way. Recently, the University of Nevada, Reno,...
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New ag business program focuses on direct meat sales
With in-person locations in five states, the Western Meat School offers opportunities for many. The changing nature of the meat industry, even before the advent of COVID-19, may be offering producers...
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Equine virus found in deceased Aitkin County horse
Mosquitoes that carry eastern equine encephalitis can bite and infect people as well as horses. A seven-year-old crossbred gelding horse in Aitkin County died and was confirmed in early September to...
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Northeast Community College breaks ground on ag facilities
A ceremony marks construction of veterinary, farm operations and large-animal handling buildings at NCC. Northeast Community College faculty, staff, students, volunteers, donors and other guests...
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FCSAmerica activates Disaster Assistance Program
Program aims to help Iowa's agriculture industry rebuild after suffering an estimated $3.8 billion in damage from derecho. Farm Credit Services of America has submitted more than 2,700 crop insurance...
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Grain market improves amid reduced crop estimate
Texas Crop and Weather Report – Sept. 15, 2020 Texas grain producers are experiencing better market conditions this fall compared to where prices were mid-summer, thanks in large part to reduced U.S....
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Smartphones, wildlife don't mix — really
Research shows that cellphone camera users seem to think they can get close to wildlife. Interaction among humans and wild animals can create tricky situations, especially if the wildlife perceives...
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New autonomous cattle chute featured at FPVX
Brute Cattle Co. developed a chute that improves time efficiency and saves on labor. Whether you run a million head of cattle through the chute every year, or several hundred, having enough help on...
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Are burping cows really a threat to humanity?
How cattle could become climate heroes. Part five in a series. We’ve touched on ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) from crop production, namely through new technologies, adopting climate-smart...
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3 ways Dakota Lakes is getting livestock back on the land
Dakota Lakes Research Farm has launched a project to integrate livestock into its no-till cropland. Dakota Lakes Research Farm, Pierre, S.D., has integrated livestock into its no-till cropland in...
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Watch cows’ health after wildfires, scientists urge
Extreme heat and prolonged smoke exposure could cause long-term problems in lungs, feet, eyes. Once cattle are moved out of the path of wildfires, that may not be the end of worries about their...
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Into the home stretch on a virtual farm show
The Farm Progress Virtual experience enters its final official day, but the content lives on for all to see The final day of any farm show is the culmination of a great deal of work and that's no less...
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Bison groups, SDSU launch new national research center
The Center of Excellence for Bison Studies will be located in Rapid City, S.D. South Dakota State University, the National Bison Association and the National Buffalo Foundation formally launched the...
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Researchers horn in on horn fly mystery
The University of Wyoming wants a better understanding of the horn fly, a profit-robbing pest. Two cows. Same University of Wyoming McGuire Ranch pasture northeast of Laramie, Wyo., near Sybille...
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Research focuses on COVID-19, packing plants
A Kansas State team will research ways to prevent the virus from spreading in packing plants. A team of Kansas State University researchers is using a $1 million grant from USDA — and an additional...
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Farming with the future in mind
A Missouri cattlewoman proves that you are never too young to innovate on the family farm. At an early age, Larna Schnitker was making a difference on her family farm. She had a knack for picking the...
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U.S. lags in meat worker COVID-19 protection
The U.S. has yet to impose any mandatory safety measures on meatpackers to contain infections; a look at what other countries are doing. By Mike Dorning, Brian Parkin and Ainslie ChandlerThe U.S....
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Farming has way of keeping life in perspective
Life is Simple: There are challenging days, but we are doing what we like to do. It was almost dark on Labor Day evening when my phone rang, with the caller ID showing a nearby neighbor was on the...
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USDA seeks comments on rainfall index crop insurance
Comments should be submitted by Nov. 5; changes will be implemented for the 2022 crop year. USDA's Risk Management Agency is seeking public comments on recommended improvements to the Pasture,...
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