Generous buyers help make Pa. Farm Show Sale of Champions successful
Youth champions top last year’s sale at the 2010 Pa. Farm Show.
Time is now to embrace change
Alan Guebert presents the facts and offers advice on changes that will help everyone survive 2020 for a hopeful, better 2021.
Ohio couple receives national young Jersey breeder award
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio —David and Beth Ertl, Edison, Ohio, received one of six Young Jersey Breeder Awards given by the American Jersey Cattle Association in ceremonies during the association’s annual meetings in Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
Technology helps reduce calf mortality
Technologies that can monitor calf temperature and activity are showing great benefits for earlier disease detection but have challenges that still need overcome.
Temple Grandin to speak at grazing conference
SOMERSET, Pa. -- Southwest Pennsylvania Project Grass is hosting a grazing conference in Indiana, Pa. Oct. 11-12.The first day of the event will be...
Research brings precision agriculture into the milking parlor
A research and extension team led by dairy systems management extension specialist Jeffrey Bewley, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Department of Animal and Food Sciences, is embarking on a two-year study to advance precision dairy farming at the UK Coldstream Dairy Research Farm.
Breeders can delve into genomics at annual meeting
Five experts in genomic testing and evaluation will share their perspectives and prognosis for the future of Jersey genomics in a moderated panel discussion June 27 during the American Jersey Cattle Association-National All Jersey annual meetings in Alexandria, Va.
Mysterious deaths of Minnesota cows linked to moldy sweet potatoes
PORTAGE COUNTY, Wis. -- Anyone taking the recent, mysterious deaths of 200 steers in a Portage County, Wis., feedlot as a sign of the...
Pa. loosens firewood rules
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Out-of-state firewood producers now have two additional treatment options for exempting their firewood products from a quarantine meant to keep harmful...
Some guidance on selecting corn hybrids
By PETER THOMISON
One of the most important management decisions a corn grower makes each year is the selection of corn hybrids for spring planting....
