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| Iowa Soybean Association smart phone services |
The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) is one of those associations that are offering smart phone services.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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| Beef Checkoff's promotion |
The Beef Checkoff is partnering with AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange for the Sutter Home® Tailgating Promotion.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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| Governor's Charity Steer Show raises $108,430 |
Since its inception in 1983, the Governor’s Charity Steer Show has raised $1,830,008 for charity. The sale capped an afternoon of activities which began when 25 steers paraded into the livestock pavilion led by Governor Culver and other celebrity showpersons competing for the title of “Judge’s Choice.”
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Attend the Livestock Biotech Summit in Sioux Falls |
Bruce Knight, Principal and founder of Strategic Conservation Solutions will be the introductory speaker for the 2010 Livestock Biotech Summit. Formerly the Undersecretary of Marketing and Regulatory Programs at USDA, he is nationally recognized expert on conservation, agriculture, and the environment.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Beef production methods shown to be earth-friendly |
Comparing the environmental impact of the US beef industry in 1977 to 2007, improvements in nutrition, management, growth rate and slaughter weights, have significantly reduced the environmental impact of modern beef production and improved its sustainability.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Deadline for $10,000 Leopold Conservation Award is one Sept. 24 |
The Leopold Conservation Award is a competitive award that recognizes landowner achievement in voluntary conservation.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Selecting for calf health via genetics |
Seasoned cattlemen have long suspected a link between calf genetics and health, and a mounting body of research is proving them right.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Moos, ewes, and more |
The North Dakota State University’s Animal Science Department is set host an event on Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Dakota Horse Park.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Vote for agriculture panel at leading interactive conference |
The AgChat Foundation team has submitted a proposal for a panel discussion forthe world's leading Interactive conferences in Austin, Texas.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Rowe to deliver keynote address at AFBF annual meeting |
Mike Row, the creator and executive producer of Discovery Channel's Emmy®-nominated series Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe is set to be American Farm Bureau's keynote speaker.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| SD State Fair events not to be missed |
The town of Huron, S.D. is ready to welcome the South Dakota State Fair and its 125th anniversary celebration Sept. 2-6. There is a large lineup of events and exhibitors planned for the week so don’t miss out.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Bullish cold storage offsets bearish Cattle on Feed report |
This is the second month in a row that inventories have been higher. Analysts are expecting smaller placement for September and some even into October and November.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Maximizing gain in your stocker program |
Cattlemen looking to maximize efficiencies in their stocker program received valuable tips from Roxanne Knock, PhD Nutritional/Technical Specialist with Dakotaland Feeds during the Beef is Our Business Seminar July 29 in Mitchell, S.D.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| New name could earn farmers better connotation |
Agriculture cannot be understood by only reading books or listening to people with political agendas. It is a business that has been passed on through generations of research, knowledge and experience.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Behind the Cameras: Last American Cowboy |
The Last American Cowboy aired June 7 and concluded July 26 and over 12.3 million viewers around the nation gathered in front of their television sets every Monday night to watch three ranch families from Montana take on a nasty winter, disease outbreaks, and forest fires all leading up to one significant day in the lives of ranchers – sale day.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| New venue for Nebraska State Fair |
With less than two weeks before the unveiling of the brand new Nebraska State Fair location and facilities, construction crews and state fair officials are working tirelessly to be ready for the debut
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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| U.S. cattlemen feel the heat from Russia's drought |
Cattle producers along with other livestock operators are said to expect higher feed costs this winter despite a record outlook for U.S. crop harvests
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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| Mob grazing was hot topic at Nebraska Grazing Conference |
Neal Dennis, a commercial beef producer from Saskatchewan, Canada, also shared his experiences with mob grazing and believes it has increased his carrying capacity by 300%.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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| What are your culling criteria? |
One culling criterion that I consider etched in stone addresses the most important economic trait in a cow herd: reproduction (fertility).
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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| Oral leases on farmland renew Sept. 1 |
Oral farm leases will renew automatically for the next growing season on Sept. 1, unless written notice of intent to terminate or modify the existing lease is given before that date.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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