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- David Lalman Oklahoma State University
Weeks of extreme heat and limited rainfall can change cattle ponds quickly. Water levels decline, while cattle often spend more time standing in ponds to cool themselves. Hoof action stirs sediment, and more manure and urine are deposited directly into a smaller volume of water. The result m…
- Héctor Alejandro Arzate Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
Editor’s note: Data centers are increasingly becoming an agricultural issue. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, “Demand for data centers – large, secure facilities that house computers and servers used to store, process and manage vast amounts of digital data – is accelerating…
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
Upon returning home in May 1955 from his service in the U.S. Army, my dad, Tom Pfaff, fulfilled one of his dreams – buying a car. I found a picture of him with his first car, with an interesting caption on the back.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
During the past few years the European Commission has pushed several radical policy suggestions in order to cut harmful emissions levels by reducing livestock numbers across the EU. The target was that Europe become “Net Zero” by 2050 by any means possible – even if it meant threatening the …
- Bridgette Mason, Edward Hopkins, Amanda Latham and Steve Vavrus Wisconsin State Climatology Office
August delivered quite the finale to the summer season, with sharp contrasts from hot days to cool nights, heavy rainfall to worsening drought, and impacts ranging from early corn harvest to harmful algal blooms.
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
We have all heard of people with vast fortunes who in old age became philanthropists. As the view of eternity becomes clear with age, being rich as Croesus starts to look like a liability, so they began giving money away – mostly to causes they favor.
- Marianne Stein University of Illinois
Agriculture is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Each year vehicles, machinery, environmental hazards and other incidents cause thousands of injuries and hundreds of fatalities. A thorough understanding of the main risks is key to preventing accidents and promoting …
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- Marianne Stein University of Illinois
Kathryn Polkoff, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumna, entrepreneur and scientist, is on a mission to solve the problem of methane emissions from cattle – a major contributor to global warming – and create more sustainable livestock production.
Two Southwest Wisconsin Technical College students recently earned scholarships from the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation.
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- Richard Kirkland Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients
Maximizing milk production in today’s high-yielding dairy cows requires more than just meeting the required megajoules of energy.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
An Englishwoman has traveled the full length of Great Britain, milking more than 10,000 cows in 10 days to raise money for a farmers charity.
- Patricia Dolph PDP Board
Now that school is back in session, it’s a good time to reflect on the many additional ways youth and adults can add to their education outside the classroom. Anyone who has worked with county- or state-fair project animals knows the commitment begins months before the animal is exhibited. A…
- AgriSafe
Join AgriSafe to celebrate National Farm and Safety Week 2026. They will be hosting 11 live webinars Sept. 21-25. Choose the 11-course bundle to register for all the webinars or select only the webinars of most interest. There is something for everyone. Visit learning.agrisafe.org for more i…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
United Kingdom supermarket Marks & Spencer is the first retailer there to use artificial-intelligence-powered technology to monitor the welfare of the dairy cows that supply it. There are a total of 46 dairy farms supplying the supermarket in Great Britain, each of which have now install…
- Elizabeth L. Cline Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
Standing under an eastern hemlock tree near a thicket of lizard’s tail in her backyard — a tick’s dream — Casey Hamaker had flashbacks to the day she first contracted alpha-gal syndrome. It’s a mysterious illness spreading rapidly across the United States.
- Johann M Cherian and Gregor Stuart Hunter Reuters
Artificial-intelligence-linked stocks have plunged worldwide after leaders of the biggest artificial-intelligence companies warned of risks from rapid development. It's the starkest threat yet to the billions of dollars being poured into the industry that have driven world markets to record highs.
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- Fred Hall Iowa State University
As producers prepare for silage harvest, remember that corn silage harvest is one of the most fast‑paced high‑stakes periods on a dairy farm, and the decisions made in the next few weeks will shape feed quality for the entire year. Four factors -- cut length, moisture, packing density and pi…
- Geitner Simmons University of Nebraska
Each calf, like each human, begins as an embryo. But important questions remain about the complex factors that shape bovine fertility and development during the earliest stages of life. Bit by bit, Jennifer Wood and her Husker colleagues in the department of animal science at the University …
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