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Junior Livestock Show remains at Kansas State Fairgrounds
KLJS has extended its contract with the fairgrounds for three more years. The Kansas Junior Livestock Show will continue to host one of the state’s top youth livestock shows at the Kansas State...
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Wheat acres up slightly amid good growing conditions
Texas Crop and Weather Report – March 17, 2020 Wheat acres in Texas were up and facing little to no threat from pests or disease in grazing and grain fields, according to Texas A&M AgriLife...
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Swine sale photo shoot provides valuable lessons
College Farmer: The family farm is the perfect place to learn teamwork and creativity. Taking photos of bred gilts for an online sale at my family’s swine farm is our own version of a...
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Webinars set for cattle industry over viral concerns
Webinar to provide cattle producers a forum to talk through unknowns. Oklahoma State University and Extension experts will host two online teleconferences March 26 and March 31, to address questions...
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Verify first before taking sheep or goats to sale sites
Sheep and goat prices remain strong. Sheep and goat producers wanting to sell their animals should check with the establishment conducting the sale to make sure coronavirus precautions have not caused...
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Sheep prices steady, goats great amid uncertain market conditions
Texas Crop and Weather Report – March 24, 2020 Texas sheep and goat producers are experiencing a mixed bag of good-to-stable prices amid increased market uncertainty as they get farther into 2020,...
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COVID-19 bill includes billions for ag
Senate to vote on package with $14 billion for CCC replenishment and $9.5 billion for livestock and specialty crops. On Wednesday, the Senate leadership announced a bipartisan deal on a new...
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Coronaviruses are nothing new for cattle producers
Animal caretakers have dealt with coronavirus infections for years in calves, pigs and other livestock. When reports of the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the U.S., very few people had likely heard of...
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Aquaculture entrepreneur mimics ocean habitats
This central Ohio farmer is producing 2,100 pounds of shrimp a month. If you’re eating a good steak, you don’t need sauce to enhance the flavor, and the same thing is true for good shrimp. That’s the...
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Mud expected to be an issue with wet spring predicted
The ground has not been frozen for long, which is leaving fields saturated. Rain creates mud, and mud creates angst for farmers kept from doing what they value most: getting out in the fields.2019...
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'Quarancalving' and other PE activities
Need some physical activity for your crisis schooling? We can help you out! “Calving season is the worst. Especially when you’re on quarantine.” — Caroline Spangler, age 11Welcome to “quarancalving”...
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Building a goat business
A Missouri producer sees a stable meat goat market and sells to domestic and international customers. When you think of goats, does the state of Missouri pop into your mind? It should. The state ranks...
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APHIS proposes new reportable animal disease list
List spells out which animal diseases need to be reported and who needs to report them. A new National List of Reportable Animal Diseases is being proposed by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection...
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Meat processing employees demand more protection
First worker tested positive for COVID-19 last week, social distancing not possible in processing plants where workers work side by side. By Jen Skerritt and Tatiana FreitasA growing number of workers...
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Are animals vulnerable to COVID-19?
An OSU researcher breaks down what is known to date. While there’s no evidence so far that pets, livestock or their owners can infect each other with COVID-19, there is also very little research about...
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Texas grower diversifies with sunflowers; hopeful markets will rebound
While commodity and livestock markets have dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jay Wilder is hopeful they'll recover. A year ago, producer and cow/calf operator Jay Wilder stood in one of his fields...
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Returning from Silicon Valley to home on High Plains
A producer adjusts to his role as a manager and puts new ideas in place on his family's ranch in western Nebraska. First dates can be nerve-wracking, especially when you tell your date, a...
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Sheep supply catalog makes entertaining reading
Hayhurst's Hayloft: Flipping through a Sullivan Supply catalog for goats and sheep made me laugh. Our family knows about showing cattle and hogs. But I recently saw a Sullivan Supply catalog for goats...
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UC urges cattle producers to take precautions
University recommends limiting the number of participants in spring work, keeping social distance The COVID-19 pandemic has much of the California population staying home in an effort to reduce the...
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UC Davis names new director for large animal clinic
Bret McNabb appointed to five-year term effective April 1 Bret McNabb has been appointed as director of the Large Animal Clinic at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), effective...
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