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Minnesota Milk names Spadgenske Dairy as Producer of the Year
Thinking outside the box has helped the family farm grow from a startup dairy in 1994 to its current 350-cow business. From its start in 1994 through the pandemic challenges of 2020, tenacity and...
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Chinese demand feeds feed price increases
CoBank report predicts 12% increase in feed costs for livestock producers in 2021. With corn futures above $4 per bushel and soybean meal futures around $350 per ton, cattle feeders, hog producers and...
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Cover crops offer potential grazing benefit for cattle operations
There are many factors to consider if using cover crops as a grazing resource. Many Oklahoma ranchers have been reaping the benefits of feed cost and overall animal wellbeing by having cover crops...
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Grow more feed with annual forages
Cropping Systems: Annual forages can be grown as a cover crop and used as a feed source for livestock. With the drought this past growing season, some cattle producers may feel like their forage...
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Stronger, lingering La Niña stirs drought worries
Much of Kansas is in drought, with the northwest part of the state in extreme drought. La Niña is strengthening and is expected to continue through the winter and into spring. The worsening U.S....
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BLM’s Great Basin fuels reduction plan encourages grazing
Plan seeks to conserve, restore sagebrush communities imperiled by Western wildfires. Ranchers’ groups are sidling up to a U.S. Bureau of Land Management plan that seeks to conserve and restore...
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Support high for food worker prioritization for COVID vaccine
IDFA survey finds 80% of adults believe food industry workers should be prioritized in receiving coronavirus vaccine. More than four in five adults believe food workers—manufacturing, retail and farm...
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Farm Progress America, December 17, 2020
Max Armstrong shares a new income source for dairy farms – renewable natural gas Max Armstrong looks at a new use for methane from the farm, an issue Max has covered for 20 years. But the market is...
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10-plus common dairy farm inspection debits
A Minnesota dairy farm inspector shares what he sees on routine visits. When you produce a fresh product daily, it’s crucial that sanitation is the top priority.Dairy farmers know this and work to...
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Thin cows need to be watched carefully
Ranchers who notice thin cows should make sure feed access is adequate. Navigating the holiday season, with all of its eating and drinking events, has most people watching their rate of weight gain...
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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - Dec. 18, 2020
Phase one deal reaches one-year milestone, monarch butterfly not added to endangered species list and Indian farmers continue to protest. Missed some agricultural news this week? Here's seven stories...
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Survey seeks to guide future Minnesota beef research for producers
Minnesota Beef Council, U-M beef Extension and U-M veterinary medicine college are collaborating on a statewide beef industry survey. The Minnesota beef industry and university scientists want to know...
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Want better soil health? Build fences
Illinois farmer Brett Mathews is fencing his cover crops and hopes to attract custom livestock grazing, with help from a new grazing exchange. Liberty, Ill., farmer Brett Mathews says he’s nearly done...
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Meat and poultry workers high priority for COVID vaccine
CDC recommends older adults and “frontline essential workers" be next in line to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Frontline meat and poultry workers should be among the first to be vaccinated after health...
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3 grants awarded for antimicrobial research
Grants will evaluate tylosin use in beef and antimicrobial resistance in U.S. swine herd. Three grants have been awarded by the International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture, a...
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4-H’er’s efforts to help others pay off
Indiana’s Maddy Zimmerman wins a 2021 4-H Youth in Action Pillar Award sponsored by Bayer. Madelyn Zimmerman, Milford, Ind., may only be 19, but she’s already accomplished more than some people twice...
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Remove cattle from cornstalks when soils begin to thaw
There are few, if any, compaction issues with cattle grazing cornstalks during the winter. In many portions of the Great Plains states through fall and into early winter, cattle have been able to...
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Farm Progress America, December 22, 2020
Max Armstrong offers a look at how the sheep industry has been hit by the pandemic Max Armstrong talks wardrobe because he hasn't had the need to buy a new suit lately, which impacts the sheep...
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Slaughter rates near normal
Fewer workers means cheaper and less popular cuts going to rendering. By Isis AlmeidaJBS SA says its North American slaughter rates remain near normal even after the world’s largest meat packer sent...
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Ag Pass program aims to improve wildfire preparedness
Growers provide firefighters with detailed access road maps, receive ID cards for use in emergencies. When the Detwiler Fire broke out near his family's ranch in 2017, Tony Toso was home to take...
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