In cold, calves need nutrients to grow
No time like the present to talk about feeding calves in cold weather. While the feeder puts on more clothes to help them stay...
Volatility continues in grain markets
If there is one thing to talk about in the grain markets, it is volatility. Grains have traded over wide ranges in short periods...
Comfort foods: Quirky tastes have their place
Those comfort foods you loved from childhood are some of the best, most dearly associated cravings we can have.
Look around you. Yep, life is good
National Cattlemen's Beef Association president-elect Gary Voogt (he takes office Jan. 24) made some good, salt-of-the-earth comments at last weekend's annual meeting of the...
Where will ag spend Obama billions?
The new president wants Congress to approve upwards of $800 billion in cash and tax credits by mid-February to, hopefully, stem the worst economic...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Jan. 22, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
New to many: White-winged crossbills
If you've seen or heard unfamiliar birds recently, it's probably not your imagination. The mystery bird is about the size of a white-throated sparrow...
Pasture measurement can improve management
When the management of grazing is discussed, what are the topics of that discussion? Typically, they involve forage growth, forage varieties, soils, animal nutrition,...
Winter is made of sledding and smiles
"At the heart of the meadow, the old watering hole froze over quite nicely. We used the horse-drawn sleigh to get there and before...
Milk pricing system needs to change
Editor:
In these times of plunging milk prices, it must be remembered that traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange who are driving down milk prices...
