6/20/2013 2:21:00 AM
The official start of summer begins tomorrow, and to kick off the beginning of a new season, I thought it would be a good time to have a photo caption contest. The photograph that needs a caption is one of my sister Kaley hugging her “fluffy cow” at the state fair.
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6/19/2013 3:38:00 AM
Does red meat increase your chances of getting Type 2 diabetes? A new study released on June 17 by JAMA Internal Medicine has come to that conclusion, recommending that folks consume less red meat to reduce the epidemic of Type 2 diabetes. CBS News first scooped the results of the study, and the conclusions are troubling. However, despite the research, I’m waving my B.S. flag on this one, and that doesn’t stand for bachelor of science.
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6/18/2013 10:04:00 PM
Audry Olmsted
$250,000 endowed professorship allows NMSU researchers to continue drought-tolerance work .
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6/18/2013 9:49:00 PM
Long-term, reduced tillage may not show significantly higher yields, but it provides other advantages farmers can’t put a price tag on.
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6/18/2013 9:09:00 PM
Texas Agriculture Department (TDA) is once again making matching grants available to Texas counties for regional feral hog abatement programs designed to reduce the number of the state's wild hog population.
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6/18/2013 8:56:00 PM
Kathline Phillips, Texas AgriLife
Water restrictions in some parts of Texas and unseasonably cool temperatures that settled in earlier this year have had the state’s rice crop growing in a bit of uncertainty.
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6/18/2013 4:46:00 PM
Source: University of Illinois
The weed science program at the University of Illinois is offering free screenings for herbicide resistance in waterhemp to Illinois farmers during the 2013 growing season. Aaron Hager, associate professor of weed sciences at U of I, says with continued financial support from the Illinois Soybean Association, over 1,000 plant samples have been screened through the collaborative effort between the U of I and the ISA.
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6/18/2013 4:39:00 PM
Elton Robinson
Cover crops can provide Mid-South producers with weed suppression, improvements in soil health and erosion control. But University of Arkansas weed scientist Jason Norsworthy urges producers to do their homework before planting one. It’s critical to match your cover crop to region, soil type and crop mix among other factors.
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6/18/2013 4:18:00 PM
One of the major discussion points at ag lending and banking schools is the trend in family living costs and withdrawals from farm and ranch businesses. Some lenders say that their customers are living on $40,000/year, while others state that the living withdrawals have increased dramatically, particularly in the last five years with strong grain and commodity prices.
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6/18/2013 4:14:00 PM
For decades in Minnesota, June has been known as Dairy Month. Following are some interesting facts and figures about the dairy industry:
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6/18/2013 4:08:00 PM
The sprouting of an unapproved genetically engineered wheat strain in an Oregon field appears to have been an isolated incident, U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday, adding that they had validated a method for detecting the presence of the GE wheat. "As of today, USDA has neither found nor been informed of anything that would indicate that this incident amounts to more than a single isolated incident in a single field on a single farm," said USDA Office of Communications Director Matt Paul. "All information collected so far shows no indication of the presence of GE wheat in commerce."
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6/18/2013 11:07:00 AM
Cargill
Safeway Rancher’s Reserve beef donates mobile grilling trailer to All American Beef Battalion.
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6/18/2013 7:55:00 AM
Rise of Facebook, Twitter offers opportunities for farmers, but in what way?
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6/18/2013 6:01:00 AM
While you’re spending time in the tractor baling hay this summer, you’ll likely hear the new beef campaign, “Beef, Above All Else,” featuring the voice of actor Garrett Hedlund. Ahead of that, however, the Beef It’s What’s For Dinner website has just been revamped, and the change can’t come soon enough.
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6/17/2013 9:32:00 PM
Beef Producer
The House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources has advanced the Grazing Improvement Act on a bipartisan vote of 27-15.
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6/17/2013 4:00:00 PM
Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois
While yields were down in 2012, operator and farmland returns were positive in 2012. Operator and farmland returns are projected lower in 2013 than in 2012.
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6/17/2013 2:20:00 PM
Source: Monsanto
Farmers will now be able to more broadly market DroughtGard hybrids.
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6/17/2013 2:06:00 PM
Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Cool soil temperatures and episodes of rainfall are contributing to the development of seedling diseases in corn this spring. The most common seedling diseases that have been identified in samples submitted to the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic are those caused by Pythium and, less frequently, Fusarium species.
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6/17/2013 11:59:00 AM
Kay Ledbetter, Texas AgriLife
When a farmer starts noticing he has disease in a wheat field, it doesn’t matter how much water or nitrogen is applied, it can be a waste.
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6/17/2013 11:46:00 AM
Kay Ledbetter, Texas AgriLife
Producers looking for aphid control in wheat fields might have a new tool, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study.
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6/17/2013 11:23:00 AM
Lets play it out, if corn goes to $4.50...
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6/17/2013 11:23:00 AM
Milwaukee let me test out the company's newest tools at the New Product Symposium last week in Milwaukee, Wis.
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6/17/2013 8:10:00 AM
Corbitt Wall, USDA Livestock & Grain Market News in St. Joseph, MO, shares a timely snapshot of the latest feeder cattle summary and cattle price recap here. The LGMN Branch compiles and disseminates information aiding producers, consumers, and distributors in the sale and purchase of livestock, meat, grain, and their related products.
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6/17/2013 5:41:00 AM
Last year’s drought, coupled with an extremely long and harsh winter, has depleted our hay supply. Luckily, we have received a steady amount of moisture so far this summer, and in between patches of rain storms, we are busy making hay.
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6/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
ST. LOUIS, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China, a major importer of U.S. corn grain and dried distillers grain solubles, has officially granted full regulatory import authorization for Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) MON 87460 trait, the biotechnology trait in Genuity DroughtGard Hybrids, as part of a broader series of approvals. This represents a significant step forward for technology approvals in China.
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6/16/2013 11:02:00 PM
Southwest Farm Press
Relentless -- that’s the way Dan Fromme, assistant professor and Texas AgriLife Extension agronomist at Corpus Christi, describes the persistent drought that has devastated cropland and pastures for the last two years and promises to do so again in 2013.
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6/14/2013 8:03:00 PM
Source: Farmers National Company
An accelerated farmland sell-off at the end of 2012 has led to continued low supplies of premium quality property, according to Farmers National Company, the largest farmland and ranchland real estate company in the country. Last year’s rush, prompted by economic uncertainty and tax law changes, continues to have an impact into 2013. High-quality land is still in demand, and buyers are competing for top acres that are currently in short supply.
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6/14/2013 11:59:00 AM
Last week was a good week for West Texas precipitation. Unfortunately, the state’s first extended hot, dry spell of the summer, expected this week, will negate most of the gains from two or three rainfall events.
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6/14/2013 11:44:00 AM
The combination of prolonged drought, recent rainfall, high winds, damaging hail and blowing sand has created a conundrum for High Plains farmers.
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6/14/2013 11:40:00 AM
Swier Law Firm news release
A Parkston, SD, farmer was awarded $1.1 million against a former Watertown cattle seller for fraud and deceit in the misrepresentation of the origin of a cattle shipment to his farm.
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