Wildfire smoke impacts on livestock
According to Jenifer Cruickshank, an assistant professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, wildfires are becoming more frequent and (more…)
According to Jenifer Cruickshank, an assistant professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, wildfires are becoming more frequent and (more…)
There are T-shirts and mugs joking about how relationships, often between spouses, suffer during cattle handling. While handling cattle can be stressful for both humans (more…)
Farms can be very dangerous places, from handling large animals and chemicals to operating heavy equipment. A recent safety event hosted by Cornell’s Northwest New (more…)
The goal of beef cow/calf production is to wean one heavy, healthy calf with the greatest genetic potential to perform per cow, every year, according to Jesse Fulton. (more…)
The CDC estimates 36,000 people are treated in emergency rooms annually for chainsaw injuries, and the average chainsaw injury requires 110 sutures to close. Although (more…)
Before long, most corn growers will be combining and/or row-chopping their crop. This will be a good time to conduct a small experiment while the person (more…)
Over the past several years, many agricultural areas have seen new activity on farmland. Instead of fields being planted in corn, hay or soybeans or (more…)
MUNNSVILLE, NY – This summer’s intense rainfall events and unlikely tornados in Central New York provided an interesting backdrop for a (more…)
Many dairy farms rely on water, usually in combination with fans, to cool cows in hot weather. Dr. Jennifer Van Os, assistant professor and Extension (more…)
Recently I learned that a neighbor was planning to get a horse for his young daughter – and realized that it was the second “first horse” I’d heard (more…)
Fertilizer prices are still high, and in some cases, increasing. During this pinch, cattle producers can make the most of manure to maintain fertility. (more…)
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has a group of passionate volunteers that make up the Solar Eclipse Task Force (SETF). The SETF educates (more…)
Winter forages are something in which I have become a super believer in during the last dozen years. (Reminder: they are small grains planted during (more…)
“Biochar is a charcoal-like material that degrades over hundreds to thousands of years,” explained Dr. Deborah Aller during the 2023 Hudson Valley (more…)
Dr. Scott Bowridge, associate professor, food animal science at West Virginia University, began a presentation on small ruminant parasites with (more…)