by Sally Colby
Farmers know raising livestock comes with risk. Factors such as weather, consumer preferences, market prices and the ripple effect of domestic and international incidents can seriously impact bottom lines. (more…)
In his excellent article titled “Start Well This Grazing Season,” Troy Bishopp explained some of the things that go wrong when livestock people put their animals on pasture (more…)
by Enrico Villamaino
Cows are people too. Well, they’re not, actually, but they still deserve to be treated humanely.
Dr. Temple Grandin is a professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University. (more…)
by Sally Colby
Consumers want the products they purchase to be consistent, especially if they’ve paid a premium price. With a stable group of consumers willing to purchase milk from grass-fed cows, (more…)
by Gabe Middleton, DVM
As most of you have begrudgingly found, the availability of dry cow antibiotic tubes has been drastically challenged due to numerous factors. It appears as though the shortage (more…)
The sun was totally set on March 19 when lightning flashed to the south of our residence in Hartwick. What caused this electrical storm was the occurrence (more…)
by Sally Colby
The Alliance for Grassland Renewal partnered with several state universities to present several day-long workshops on novel tall fescue renovation. At a workshop (more…)
by Troy Bishopp, Madison SWCD Grazing Specialist
Many livestock farmers are concerned about the effect of high fuel and fertilizer prices on agriculture this season as well as myriad other input (more…)
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
It doesn’t matter if you raise the best quality meat around if you lack the market to sell it. That quandary was addressed by “Finding a Niche Market for Your Meat,” (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
The powerful locomotive that will be the 2023 Farm Bill is finally picking up steam. That’s what House Ag Committee Ranking Member G.T. Thompson (R-PA) told attendees (more…)
by Sonja Heyck-Merlin
“Onboarding is much like other tasks. If no one is specifically assigned to help onboard and take control of it, no one is going to know who’s responsible, and it’s going to be (more…)
by Sally Colby
Dr. Tara Felix, beef Extension specialist, Penn State, addressed a group of cattle feeders on the topic of feeding dairy cross animals. She started the discussion with background (more…)
