Building fences in the bayou ’til the cows come home: Volunteers help rebuild Texas...
SALEM, Ohio -- Chip, a Texas cattleman, bragged to Jesse Dotterer and the handful of others visiting his Anahuac, Texas, ranch.Years of selective breeding...
It’s time to evaluate your pastures
There is no time like the present to evaluate your pasture fields for damage from over grazing and weather related stress. While you are...
New apple was 20 years in the making
URBANA, Ill. -- A new, late-ripening apple named WineCrisp, which carries the Vf gene for scab resistance, was developed over the past 20 plus...
Open wide: Tooth abscesses are very common in alpacas and llamas
With spitting accuracy like a sniper, alpacas and llamas use their mouths for more than chewing. But unfortunately, "tooth abscesses are very common," said...
Exhibition offers sweeping history of the horse
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Carnegie Museum of Natural History will display the acclaimed exhibition The Horse, an in-depth look that showcases spectacular fossils, models, dioramas...
You better know your production costs for 2009
By MIKE DUFFY
Estimating costs of crop production for 2009 will be extremely difficult. Some farmers have received forwarding pricing, some set a quantity only...
Shorthorn female reigns supreme
There was a great deal of excitement as the supreme champion beef winners were named Jan. 12 at the 2009 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa.
Ohio cattlemen remember Roy Wallace, present top awards
COLUMBUS -- A year ago, the U.S. beef industry mourned the death of Ohio's Roy Wallace, vice president of beef programs at Select Sires,...
Champion animals hit auction block at Pa. Farm Show
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Evan Vonada, a 4-H'er from Clinton County, earned a $10,000 bid for his grand champion market steer at the Pennsylvania Farm...
Brown brothers take top spots in horse pulling contest
The Brown brothers of Acme, Pa., in Westmoreland County, took home the bragging rights in the heavyweight division of the horse pulling competition at the 2009 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.
