McALLEN 鈥斅燭he U.S. Department of Agriculture is doubling down on its fight against screwworm.
Wisconsin dairy breakfasts celebrate June Dairy Month. Agri-View is publishing a calendar weekly in print, as well as online, with updates as we receive them.
- Chris Hubbuch GROW
In the King Hall greenhouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, Rebecca Smith stands amid a potted jungle of sorghum, clipping stalk segments into a plastic bin to be weighed and cataloged. Seeds, bagged and labeled, are stacked to the side. Tissue samples have been flash-frozen i…
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- Mark Z. Johnson Oklahoma State University-Extension
Recent moisture and wet ground has led to some producer questions about the cause, prevention and treatment of foot rot. Foot rot is a sub-acute or acute necrotic -- decaying -- infectious disease of cattle, causing swelling and lameness in at least one foot.
- Michael Langemeier Purdue University
For most farms, conservation is only one of several farm goals, which in addition to conservation may include risk reduction, profitability, farm transfer to a younger generation and reduction in debt. Farm owners can consider those other farm goals by developing a conceptual framework that …
- Pat Melgares Kansas State University
Even though Romulo Lollato had traveled more than 9,000 miles and 30 hours away, he ended up in a climate and wheat-producing region that looked almost exactly like the one he had just left in Kansas.
- Staff at Michigan State University
Aggressive cover crop growth, and the lack of timely spring rain, may leave fields lacking moisture for optimum planting, seed germination and early crop establishment. Achieving the maximum uniform germination and emergence can often be improved through proper early-season water management.…
- Cattle Chat Kansas State University
Building a productive cow herd does not begin when a heifer is bred for the first time.
- Beth Breeding Boehringer Ingelheim
The first months of a calf鈥檚 life are a critical window for respiratory disease risk. Their immune system is still developing, making them especially vulnerable during periods of stress. Whether calves move through a beef stocker system or remain on a dairy, management decisions can shape ho…
- Shelly Mayer Professional Dairy Producers
As the United States approaches its 250th year, we find ourselves standing not just at a milestone, but at a moment of reflection. A nation born from conviction, shaped by sacrifice, guided by principle, remains one of the most enduring examples of a democratic republic the world has ever kn…
- Ashley Andre Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection held the final Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council session May 7 for the 2025-2026 school year. The session included three speakers and time for discussion.
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
If you really want to learn about what someone was like in their younger days, read their high-school yearbooks. I recently read through my mother鈥檚 and learned there was a great deal about her I didn鈥檛 know.
- Staff at Cornell University
The New York State 4-H Livestock Ambassador Program recently offered an immersive multi-day educational experience for youth participants, providing hands-on exposure to New York鈥檚 diverse livestock industries.
- Addison DeHaven South Dakota State University
In early 2024, a team of researchers in South Dakota State University's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory was the first to identify a fast-spreading respiratory viral outbreak affecting turkeys and chickens in major poultry-producing regions of the United States.
- Berkley Earth
February 2026 was nominally the second-warmest February on record, behind February 2024, with a monthly global average of about 2.78 degrees warmer than the 1850-1900 average. But it only marginally exceeded the conditions in February 2025 and 2016, so all three of those years could be consi…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
NORWAY 鈥 Most dairy farmers have received that fateful call from neighbors, or indeed police, informing them the cows have broken out and are on the main road, or destroying someone鈥檚 garden.
Wisconsin dairy breakfasts celebrate June Dairy Month. Agri-View is publishing a calendar weekly in print, as well as online, with updates as we receive them.
- Jess Savage Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
RICHMOND, Ill. 鈥 Silos have dotted the Midwestern landscape for 150 years. But they鈥檙e threatened by development and old age. One 鈥渟ilo hunter鈥 in northern Illinois has been tracking down silos her grandfather built 鈥 before they disappear.
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- Whitney Baxter Iowa State University
Hardwood tree species have traditionally been used as a source of wood chips for bioreactors, but could conifers be used, as well?
- Lyndon Kelley Michigan State University-Extension
Expensive nitrogen fertilizer prices have many producers looking to change their nitrogen management program. Moving a portion of a planned nitrogen application into late June or even early July offers a lower risk of nitrogen loss to heavy rains and the opportunity to take advantage of any …
- Amy Sullivan GROW
Thin cereal rye cover crop stand got you down? Don鈥檛 write it off just yet 鈥 cereal rye stands that struggle to produce a bountiful biomass could still provide farmers with good weed suppression benefits, according to new research from Texas A&M University.
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