Do you want to early wean calves?
FARGO, N.D. - Midsummer means the calves should be maximizing gain at 20 to 30 pounds per week.
Recent seasonal rains have made the cows walking milk machines, which should continue as long as there is adequate forage quantity and quality.
Florida Cattlemen’s Association assessing damage in wake of Charley
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Sixth-three percent of Florida ranches, stocked with approximately 1.2 million head of beef cattle, were significantly damaged by Hurricane Charley, according to estimates of the Florida Cattlemen's Association.
Locust invasion threatens agriculture
KAEDI, Mauritania - As swarm after swarm of desert locusts - some of them up 40 kilometers long and containing billions of insects - arrive in the agricultural south of this West African country, farmers, herders and government alike say that without outside help the region's population is facing catastrophe.
Northeast Ohio Holsteins take honors
CANFIELD, Ohio - The Northeast Ohio District Holstein Show was July 24 in Canfield, Ohio.
Under perfect weather, judge Dave Dyment of Ontario, Canada, surveyed 136 head of top dairy cattle.
Pa. farmers apply for fuel tax refund
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Any Pennsylvania resident who uses liquid fuels in agricultural production is eligible for a tax refund.
Dairy 4-H’ers show in Holmes Co.
MILLERSBURG, Ohio - Judge Lee Kohler of Baltimore, Ohio, commended 4-H club dairy members for their entries in the Holmes County Junior Fair Dairy Show.
Grand champion steer sold for $3 a pound to Hoss’s Steak & Seafood House.
NEW CASTLE, Pa. - Eleven-year-old Jocelyn Kelly's summer show season started out on a painful note, but ended in pleasure.
Don’t keep it: Seed wheat quality not up to par for next crop’s planting
SALEM, Ohio - There's no question about it: Whenever there's a wet spring and summer, farmers will have trouble with their wheat crop.
Jefferson County Fair: Grand champion hog sets record; sales up $35,000
SMITHFIELD, Ohio - If Jefferson County 4-H and FFA members were stranded on an island last week, what are the two things they'd have been sure to bring with them?
Their livestock projects and plenty of buyers, which is exactly what the young people brought to Friendship Park bidders' pavilion Aug.
Tractor roll-over demonstrations show severity, reality of accident
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. - Parents pushed toddlers in strollers closer to the barrier fence and pointed to their older children to watch as a New Holland tractor rolled over a hillside at Ag Progress Days last week.
