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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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Time for brand preservation
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food will be reregistering brands in 2020 — and the price has gone up. It’s a scene not unfamiliar to fans of movies of the old West. The cattle brand is how you...
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Custom clips cut down fencing labor
Both Rosbin and FenceFork offer options to farmers looking to cut down the time they spend at each T-post. Wrapping a clip to a T-post takes even the best farmers and ranchers upward of 20 seconds. If...
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Nebraska Cattle Confinement Symposium set Dec. 16-17
Experts will discuss topics such as facility design, ventilation considerations and market trends. Nebraska farmers who may be interested in expanding or diversifying their operations are invited to...
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Cedar County farmers pass on grass management skills
The Steffen family is working on transitioning its grass-fed beef business and grass farm to the next generation. Pat Steffen is farming the same land where he and his siblings grew up, near Fordyce,...
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California’s Prop 12: Critical court date for agriculture
Livestock industry will try to stop California regs that impose production rules on other states On November 18, 2019 at 10 am, attorneys for the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) will move for a...
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AgriLife puppies: Goat and sheep dogs in training
Study researches what bonding experiences produce better livestock guardian dogs. Playing with puppies isn’t a bad way to start a workday.It might appear that Bill Costanzo, Texas A&M AgriLife...
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Ted Parker named Mississippi Farmer of the Year
Over time, Ted Parker’s business has flourished and branched out into seven farms in six Mississippi counties. For the first 15 years of their marriage, Ted and Janet Parker lived off one income. She...
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Sorghum, corn production varied based on regional moisture levels
Texas Crop and Weather Report – Oct. 23, 2019 Texas sorghum and corn producers experienced mixed levels of success in 2019 mostly due to moisture levels on a field-by-field basis, according to a Texas...
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Dairy producers make switch to raising beef cattle
Years of tight profit margins and a shortage of labor have driven farmers to change their operations. Consolidation in the dairy industry has the University of Missouri Extension helping dairy...
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Many spots work for year-round grazing
Managing pastures in new ways offers the chance to get high-quality grazing without needing supplemental hay. Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final story in a series on grazing management.By...
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