More than 1.3 million private ponds dot the Texas landscape, supporting agricultural production, livestock operations, recreation and the aquaculture industry.
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
My dad, Tom Pfaff, wrote more than 100 love letters to my mother, Ann VanDunk, from 1960 to 1962. Dad, who grew up in Mindoro in western Wisconsin, was living in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He was working at the Wilson Meat Packing Plant as a hog buyer, saving money to buy a farm. Mom, who was ei…
- Ken Foster and Bernhard Dalheimer Purdue University
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- JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press
Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle for green energy developers in the United States, but some communities are working to reverse local restrictions.
Wayne Greier hoped to sign a deal with a utility to host solar on his acreage for some $540,000 in annual lease payments. But his community blocked the plan. A recent study found that there has been a 16% increase in local laws restricting renewable energy projects. (AP Video: Joshua A. Bickel)
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
Almost everyone realizes that farmers have a keen interest in weather. So do most other folks who engage in outdoor endeavors. But not many decades ago the best a person could do to predict weather was to go outside and look up and around. And then Increase Lapham, a noted Wisconsin scientis…
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- Aerica Bjurstrom and Carolyn Ihde University of Wisconsin
Since the end of World War II, the number of sheep in the United States has declined from an all-time-largest number of 51 million in 1941 to 5 million in 2016. Several factors have contributed to that sharp decline, including competition from other meat and fiber industries.
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- Natalie Jones University of Nebraska-Lincoln
On cold spring mornings in the Nebraska Sandhills, calving season can test even the most experienced ranchers.
- Marianne Stein University of Illinois
Hydrological models represent water movement in natural systems, and they are important for water resource planning and management. But the models depend on reliable input data for weather factors, and precipitation can be difficult to measure and represent accurately.
- Amanda Latham Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Though spring technically begins in March, April is often when it begins to look and feel like spring in Wisconsin. As daffodils bloom and trees leaf out, the state is filled with the sounds of the season as migrating birds and pollinators return. But our April weather can still sprinkle in …
- Kallie Hobbs Texas A&M University
A scorching day in the pasture often leads horses and livestock to find cooling relief in the mud. But while playing in the mud may seem harmless, large animals’ attempts to cool off may offer up the opportunity for the bacteria that cause tetanus to creep into existing wounds.
- Héctor Alejandro Arzate Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As a row-crop farmer near St. Joseph, Missouri, Joe Lau said he’s noticing more extreme weather these days. There are warmer seasons throughout the year. Quarter-inch predictions of rain are stamped out by storms that bring 3 inches. There’s increased pressure from pests on h…
- Karn Dhingra Texas A&M University
Texas sheep and goat producers are seeing strong prices this spring as seasonal supply patterns tighten markets while demand remains steady, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
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- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Australia – For the past 48 years the Kelly family has proudly run a dairy farm near Melbourne, pursuing their dreams of milking cows. But the city creeped ever closer to their doorstep each day.
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- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
LA CROSSE, Wis. – Mark Twain would say all his best ideas had been stolen by the ancients. He may have had the right idea. Studying and learning information from successful people in our field of endeavor can save much time and some heartache. For organic farmers and for farmers who would li…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
Greece has become the latest country to confirm a case of Foot and Mouth Disease as the dreaded disease continues to spread across Europe. This time FMD has been found on a cattle farm on the island of Lesvos, which is the first case in Greece since 2000 and the first on the island since 1994.
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