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Midwest Mustang Challenge a thrill for trainer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Suzanne Myers, research associate in Penn State’s Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, loves training horses and loves a challenge. Now she is combining both loves after being selected by the Mustang Heritage Foundation to train a wild mustang and compete in the Midwest Mustang Challenge, April 18-20 in Madison, Wis.,
Court piles on meatpackers’ power
Killed the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. Largely gutted the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s mandate to “promote fair and competitive trading practices for the overall benefit of consumers and American agriculture.
Which came first, resistance or egg?
ATHENS, Ga. – A surprising finding by a team of University of Georgia scientists suggests that curbing the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little – if anything – to reduce rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that have the potential to threaten human health.
Teff may be a Midwest forage option
PRINCETON, Ky. – The heat of summer often leaves pastures and hayfields floundering and farmers looking for other options for livestock forages.
Highway bill includes ethanol tax ‘fix’
New, ‘leaner’ $14 billion comprehensive energy bill ready for Round 2.
Harvesting hope – Kenyan farmers celebrate first banana harvest using new growing technology
NAIROBI, Kenya – African village farmers are harvesting hope along with their banana crop. Marking a two-year culmination of a partnership between Africa Harvest – a Kenyan-based agricultural nonprofit organization – and DuPont, this year’s harvest in Chura, Nairobi, is the first in the community to include bananas grown via tissue culture propagation.
Help farmers by removing aluminum tariffs
A retired agricultural lobbyist writes Farm and Dairy to express his concern over the impact aluminum tariffs have on farmers.
Wonder years
As her daughter prepares to graduate from law school, Kym Seabolt reflects on the day she registered her for kindergarten and the woman she’s become.
Scout like Joe for spotted knapweed
Ohio State Extension educator Christine Gelley remembers a recently deceased client as a diligent spotted knapweed scouter and urges readers to be like Joe.
Deer hunts help control population
In a continuing effort to control deer populations affecting native plants, the ODNR is coordinating special deer hunts at 14 state nature preserves.
