…some of the biggest weaning weights in the last five to 10 years,” said Jake Parnell, manager of Cattlemen’s Livestock Market in Galt. During the last several years, when winter…
Haynet
Haynet, the free service connecting Livestock producers and farmers impacted by recent natural disasters. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. This Land of Ours – Haynet December’s Goliath…
Agri View: China Relations
…that have low value in the U.S. market. China now imports cheese and wine, products that were virtually unknown in the country during the 1990s. China’s rapidly growing livestock sector…
Ag Producers Received Lower Prices In December
The latest USDA Agricultural Prices Report shows lower prices as a whole for producers, and particularly for livestock, poultry, and egg farmers. Ag Producers Received Lower Prices In December …
USDA, Microsoft Announce Innovation Challenge Winners
…Green Pastures, submitted by Khyati Majmudar of Mumbai, India. This comprehensive dashboard interface allows a farmer to visualize production, economic, livestock, and commodity data from NASS, ERS, ARMS, and other…
Agri View: Pork Exports Up
…included interviews with Anne Meis and Teri Ann Zimmerman of the Nebraska Soybean Board. The two detailed farm life back home and the care taken to produce U.S. livestock and…
Agri View: Agriculture Productivity
…purchased services) use increasing and labor/land input use decreasing. The output mix has changed as well, with crop production growing faster than livestock production. See the ERS report,Agricultural Productivity Growth…
Farm Bureau Delegates Chart a Course for 2016
…for livestock and tree producers not covered by federal crop insurance programs. Regulatory Review and Reform Delegates addressed recent malfeasance by establishing a new policy that opposes governmental attempts to…
Truth Matters to Consumers
…farming and livestock practices. What they found, however, was a fourth-generation farmer admitting to using chemicals on his crops, antibiotics in his animals and technology on his farm. But with…
National Milk Day
…— Aside from cattle, many kinds of livestock provide milk used by humans for dairy products. These animals include: buffalo, goat, sheep, camel, donkey, horse, reindeer and yak. — Milk…
Governor Brown’s Budget Invests in Climate Smart Agriculture
…species programs, food safety and security programs, drought analysis and response, a new program to address antibiotic use in livestock, a new licensing program for medical cannabis, and greater investment…
Agri View: Agriculture Education
…that may be taught in an agricultural education curriculum include horticulture,land management, turf grass management, agricultural science, small animal care, machine and shop classes, health and nutrition, livestock management, biology…
Agri View: Wolves vs. Livestock
Everett Griner talks about wolves continuing being problems for ranchers in today’s Agri View. Wolves, Troublesome Predators Form USDA/APHIS publication: Non-Lethal and Lethal Tools to Manage Wolf-Livestock Conflict in the…
Omnibus Approval Key for Cattle Producers
…bill. Specifically, the bill keeps the overzealous Environmental Protection Agency in check by continuing to prohibit the agency from requiring livestock producers to obtain Clean Air Act permits or report…