…walnuts, cherries, peaches, hay, and beef cattle, Watkins developed a deep appreciation for agriculture and food. Her early love for cooking, fostered by her mother and her involvement in 4-H,…
American Agriculture History Minute: How Crops Migrated West
…and Ohio, fine flocks of sheep came to graze in the dry pastures of southern Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks for…
American Agriculture History Minute: Trade, Barter, Pay Taxes
…and livestock with food. They kept a few chickens a hog or two, a cow, maybe some sheep. They cleared more land each year, grew bigger crops. Extra wheat, corn,…
Cattle Don’t Spread Cheatgrass According to New Study
…cattle digestion makes cheatgrass seeds inert, meaning they can no longer grow into new plants. This discovery challenges the idea that grazing cattle are responsible for spreading this invasive plant…
Organizations Collecting Donations for Ranchers Hit by Wildfires
…damage was immense, with farmers and ranchers losing many head of cattle, stored feedstocks, fences, gates, hayfields, and crop fields. They also lost farmsteads, pastures, outbuildings, farmhouses, and equipment. “The…
Election Results Set the Stage for New Priorities in Agriculture
…National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, who emphasized the importance of these changes. Ethan Lane Vice President of Government Affairs, NCBA “The margin in the popular vote total is going to be…
American Agriculture History Minute: Ethnicity in Early Agriculture
…horses for plowing. Germans were heavily into row crops, while Scottish and Irish farmers were more comfortable, along with growing crops, herding cattle and herding sheep. All part of American…
NCBA Pushes for Tax Policy Stability as Expiration of Tax Cuts Looms
With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expiring at the end of next year, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is kicking off a major push on tax policy for…
California Agriculture Faces Challenges but Promises Innovation, Says Secretary Ross
…the challenges of understanding the virus. “We still don’t fully understand how it spreads within cattle, unlike in poultry operations,” she noted. Ross expressed excitement about the technology being showcased…
American Agriculture History Minute: Better Cattle Feed Developed
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. DepositPhotos image A central Iowa cattle feeder in the mid-1920s believed he could produce better cattle by paying closer attention to…
AgNet News Hour, Wednesday, 10-23-24
…Secretary of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross on the future of ag in California and the current management of H5NX in dairy cattle. Listen to previous AgNet News Hour episodes……
American Agriculture History Minute: Developers of the National Western Stock Show
…cattle. DepositPhotos image In 1906, Elias Ammons was president of the Colorado Cattle and Horse Growers Association, later served as governor of Colorado. George Ballantine was general manager of the…
American Agriculture History Minute: First National Western Stock Show
…cattle. DepositPhotos image The National Western Stock Show in Denver began in 1906. The horse show now among the largest in the world, more than 18,000 entries. National Western Rodeo,…
NCBA Releases Findings from Cattle Producer Tax Survey
DepositPhotos image The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) released a report analyzing data collected in a nationwide tax survey of America’s cattle producers. With the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs…