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R-Calf United stock Growers of America is pointing to the domestic sheep industry as a warning to what can happen to the cattle industry. R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard. And we’ve been looking at this for a decade and have been warning the cattle industry that the sheep industry is in fact, the canary in the […]

Adding small ruminants to a property or operation offers producers many benefits. Langston University Goat Extension Leader Dr. Terry Gipson says the market for goats is very enticing. Right now, the market prices for goats is very, very good. And so, when we look at an economic analysis of goat production. It is that there […]

Farmers and ranchers depend on farm bill programs for many reasons, including improving their land. Idaho Farm Bureau member Jason Fellows says programs like EQIP, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, are essential for improving sustainability. “I was able to actually do an EQIP project four years ago. But the really neat thing was my grandpa […]

U.S. Grains Council delegates recently elected Brent Boydston of Bayer Crop Science as Chairman during the 63rd annual Board of Delegates meeting. He talks about his involvement in agriculture and the USGC. “My involvement basically goes back to when I was born. Some of my first memories are riding on that tractor and in the […]

“It’s a day when a great university and great researchers come together to solve problems.“ What Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack referred to is the recent groundbreaking ceremony of a new plant science building on the campus of Washington State University. It is the latest collaboration between the Agriculture Department and the land grant university. “It’s […]

Climatologist Corey Davis says spotty “flash drought” areas are starting to appear across the Carolinas.

It’s in its fourth year at the Iowa State Fair and again, organizers are calling it a success. It’s the Bacon Buddies, a collaboration between the Iowa Pork Producers Association and the Iowa Special Olympics that gives individuals who have intellectual or developmental disabilities the opportunity to take a pig into the show ring. Their […]

Focusing on the diversity of the market opportunities for U.S. pork has paid off during the first half of 2023. June exports were up 12 percent in value from a year ago. Kelli Wicks, manager of international market development for the National Pork Board said the growth for pork goes beyond Mexico. “We are going […]

USDA is holding a Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing starting August 23 in Carmel, Indiana. American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Danny Munch says USDA will consider 21 proposals during the hearing. “The primary proposal was from National Milk Producers Federation’s original proposal made on May 1. The American Farm Bureau Federation, we got an additional […]

Certainly in modern times, this is by far and away the worst Hawaiian wildfire disaster we have seen. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey referring to the recent fires of the Hawaiian islands of Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii. The West Maui wildfire destroyed the historic community of Lahaina and led to dozens of fatalities. […]