African and Brazilian beef imports are deliberate attempt to destabilize U.S. cattle industry
BILLINGS, Mont. — R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard said that the Agriculture Secretary’s opening the U.S. market to fresh beef imports from Brazil and Namibia, Africa, are deliberate attempts by both the government and multinational...
Kissing spine no longer a career ending diagnosis for performance horses
Imagine this scenario: you have a nice horse who is generally well-behaved and excels in your selected discipline. Then one day your sweet gelding no longer wants to be saddled and pins his ears when...
NPPC calls on Senate to pass ag provisions of HEROES Act
The National Pork Producers Council on Thursday called on the Senate “to expeditiously adopt” livestock agriculture provisions included in the HEROES Act recently passed by the House. “All pork producers are hurting, and immediate action...
Controlling burrowing rodents
Rodents like prairie dogs, ground squirrels and pocket gophers can damage fields, pastures and crops. When these critters move into your barnyards or pastures they may need to be controlled. Robert M. Timm, PhD, Extension...
Dry conditions will be a concern in some areas
Ranchers and farmers in Colorado and Wyoming, as well as eastward into parts of the central Plains states will be closely monitoring precipitation forecasts this summer, with drought an increasing concern. The Climate Prediction Center...
GOP lawsuit against proxy voting could complicate PPP vote
Republican leaders sued House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and top congressional officials on Tuesday to block the House of Representatives from using a proxy voting system set up by Democrats to allow for remote legislating...
Stabenow introduces bill to ‘protect the food supply’ through grants, purchases
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and other Democrats on Wednesday introduced the Food Supply Protection Act, which would provide food banks and nonprofits with infrastructure grants that can be used for additional...
North Dakotan Gary Dassinger faces animal abuse charges
Gary Dassinger’s daughter has served three tours in Afghanistan as a U.S. Air Force major. None of that compares to what she has witnessed on her dad’s ranch in Gladstone, North Dakota. A woman who...
James Arness on Anzio Beach in WWII
Four months shy of his 21st birthday, James King Aurness of Minneapolis, Minn., was waiting anxiously with fellow soldiers, standing on one of the U.S. Army’s WWII landing barges of the U.S. 3rd Army Infantry...
Septicemia can kill calves quickly
Calves sometimes develop systemic infection in which bacteria or their toxins get into the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, creating life-threatening illness. Bacteria or viruses in the blood can cause septicemia. Bacterial toxins in...
USDA designates 8 Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated eight Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bent, Crowley, Custer, Hinsdale, Kiowa, Mineral, Otero, and San Juan counties who suffered losses due to a recent...
Musk thistle — invasive plant of western Nebraska
Musk Thistle, also known as Nodding thistle, Nodding Plumeless thistle, Scientific name: Carduus nutans L. of the family Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family). Musk thistle originated in Eurasia. Introduced into the United States as an ornamental...
Compassion for animals, small towns and vets all star in reality show.
Dr. Erin Schroeder made a decision years ago to ensure that she and her husband, Ben, also a veterinarian, would have a life outside the mixed veterinary practice his father once operated. That dedication to...
Perdue: More aid money needed, hasn’t talked to Trump about beef imports
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in radio interview that the Trump administration does not believe the current $19 billion budget for aiding farmers who have suffered losses due to the coronavirus pandemic is adequate, and...
New research shows when Nebraska’s groundwater supply recharges
LINCOLN, Neb. — When it rains, and even when it pours and floods like it did in Nebraska in late 2018 and through much of 2019, the precipitation that hits the surface doesn’t always factor...
GOP congressional coalitions to Trump: Don’t stop temporary work visas
Coalitions of Republican senators and House members on Wednesday wrote to President Donald Trump, urging him not to halt temporary work visas for workers who enter the United States. The senators, led by Sen. Lindsey...
Report: Plant-based foods outpacing total food sales during COVID-19
New data released this week by the San Francisco-based Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) and SPINS, a provider of wellness-focused data and market analytics, shows U.S. retail sales of plant-based foods have considerably outpaced total...
Scientists protect American wheat from aphids — using resistant varieties from Iran
Fields of wheat are so associated with the U.S. they’re featured in the song America the Beautiful as “amber waves of grain.” But those amber fields face a big threat: Russian wheat aphids. As their...
Some farmers eligible for Paycheck Protection Program
The recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funds several new financial assistance programs that are available to farmers and ranchers who have been affected by the pandemic. One such program is the...
Landowner attitudes about water quality in North Platte Valley
A large majority of people who responded to a recent survey rated water quality in the North Platte Valley of western Nebraska as good or excellent. Still, most of the survey respondents also said they...