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Livestock industry can learn from packer interruption
An Indiana BOAH source sees take-home lessons from the COVID-19 meat-packing shutdown. Hog producers faced a tense period when Indiana’s two main pork-packing plants, Tyson at Logansport and Indiana...
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Minnesota streamlines grazing of state land
Agencies work together to help farmers in need of hay and grazing due to the pandemic and drought. Need forage?Two state agencies working with Minnesota ag organizations have come up with a plan to...
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Woodchip pads solve a muddy mess
With warmer winters and rising precipitation, woodchip pads are becoming a good tool for New England graziers. Doug Kenyon was skeptical about a woodchip loafing area for his beef cattle. Would it...
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Frequently asked forage questions get answers
A grazing specialists shares his thoughts on common questions forage producers ask this time of year. Editor’s note: Victor Shelton is the state agronomist and grazing specialist for the Natural...
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Animal Ag Allies development program launched
Farmers, ranchers, practicing veterinarians, industry professionals encouraged to enroll in Animal Agriculture Alliance program. The Animal Agriculture Alliance launched the Animal Ag Allies program...
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Study quantifies value of red meat exports to U.S. corn, soybeans
Pork and beef exports also used about 3 million tons of distiller's dried grains with solubles in 2019 at an annual average price of $137 per ton. Since 2015, indirect exports of corn and soybeans...
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There's more than one disease to worry about
This episode of Around Farm Progress goes beyond coronavirus to look at other disease issues farmers face these days When the word "disease" is mentioned in a sentence these days, chances are most...
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Pasture to Plate webinar series focuses on cattle, beef
The eight-part webinar series is being hosted by the South Dakota Farm Bureau. South Dakota Farm Bureau (SDFB) is hosting an eight-part webinar series called Pasture to Plate, focusing on the cattle...
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Livestock, forage producers warned about nitrate toxicity
Awareness and management key to mitigating nitrate toxicity problems in livestock. Expanding drought conditions and sporadic rainfall across much of Oklahoma mean livestock and forage producers need...
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Tips for buying and selling hay
A University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist offers advice for farmers. This year is shaping up for another bountiful hay crop, says Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock...
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Forage webinar aims to save ranchers money
Forage stockpiling and other cool-season options to be discussedA forage webinar on the reduction of winter feeding by stockpiling warm-season forages and/or planting cool-season pastures will be...
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Cattle and swine producers get insurance subsidies
Subsidy amounts will be based on the deductible selected, changes may be implemented by July 31. Changes will be made to the Livestock Gross Margin insurance program for cattle and swine beginning in...
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Eileen Jensen ‘agvocates’ for Empire State farmers
Young Farmer Podcast: Jensen leads the New York Animal Agriculture Coalition, educating people about ag. “All roads lead back home,” says Eileen Jensen, executive director of the New York Animal...
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Performance tested goat, ram sales move online
The annual sales, scheduled for Aug. 1-5, were forced to move online due to COVID-19. Producers from Pennsylvania and other states have consigned performance-tested ram lambs and meat goat bucks for...
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OFB, Nationwide team up to sponsor youth livestock expo
The Ohio Youth Livestock Expo events run July 25 through Aug. 18. Ohio Farm Bureau and Nationwide have announced a partnership to sponsor the 2020 Ohio Youth Livestock Expo (OYLE). These events were...
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Losses to sugarcane aphids decline
Texas Crop and Weather Report – July 21, 2020 Sugarcane aphids are not “as big a deal as they were years ago,” says Pat Porter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension entomologist, Lubbock. The creation of...
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Vacancies announced on fertilizer, feed inspection panels
The boards advise the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has announced four vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board Technical...
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California bill will effectively ban feeding food byproducts to livestock
California livestock producers will lose food processing byproducts as feed source under state plan Farms that use agricultural byproducts for animal feed, bedding materials, and dust control may lose...
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U.P. State Fair postponed; plan in place for livestock show
The Lori Branstrom Memorial Livestock Expo is scheduled for Aug. 17-22. The 2020 U.P. State Fair, scheduled for Aug. 17-23 in Escanaba, has joined the list of fairs that are postponed until 2021. The...
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New tools for a range of work on the farm
Slideshow: In this latest new product roundup, you'll find plenty of diversity, from tires to grain storage. The pace of new product launches isn’t slowing across agriculture. Covering these new tools...
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