Virus can cost $25 per cow, per year
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Bovine virus diarrhea is an old disease in the cattle industry that has taken on a new twist with the discovery of the persistently infected condition.
Texel breeders know no boundaries
NASHPORT, Ohio - When advice travels thousands of miles to plop itself on your doorstep, you listen.
‘Haylage in a day’ means better quality silage, quicker turnaround
SALEM, Ohio - Cows and farmers and researchers agree: Ensiling forages gets a lot more efficient and effective the faster it's done.
Pa. bill enhances ag preservation program, saves smaller farms
SALEM, Ohio - Pennsylvania has the most far-reaching farmland preservation program in the United States, encompassing some 320,000 acres.
Farmers watch for rain damage
SALEM, Ohio - Saturated. Soaked. Wet. These words have described many spring seasons and it looks like this one, at least recently, will be no exception.
A look at corn and feeder calf prices
FARGO, N.D. - Corn and feeder cattle markets have been volatile in the last several months as market fundamentals for both have been changing.
Lameness in free stall barns: The little factors all add up to a big...
Lameness is a major economic and welfare problem on our dairy farms, and the prevalence of lameness has increased in recent years.
Manure storage and land application is the ultimate balancing act for farms
COLUMBUS - In today's economic climate, manure nutrients have more value than ever. The cost of commercial nitrogen (N) is at an all-time high and continuing to increase.
ODA to stop indemnity fee collection
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Effective July 1, the Ohio Department of Agriculture will stop collecting the half-cent per bushel assessment currently collected on grain deposits.
Pa. milk production up
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Milk production in Pennsylvania during April 2006 totaled 919 million pounds, 2 percent above last April's production of 901 million pounds, according to the Pennsylvania Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
