Editor’s note: The following was written by Warren Rusche, assistant professor and South Dakota State University Extension feedlot management specialist, for the university’s website April 21.
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AMES — People from 21 states have completed the Iowa Master Equine Manager Program during its decade of existence.
- By Caitlin Ellingson, Iowa Farmer Today
WAVERLY — The Waverly draft horse auction moves fast, with several people poised around the ring ready to yell as soon as a hand starts to rise. The auctioneer’s voice blares over the loudspeaker and prices ascend for each horse that enters.
- By Caitlin Ellingson, Iowa Farmer Today
In a changing world of new farming machinery and updated technology, some people still prefer literal horsepower.
- Molly Montag Lee Enterprises
PETERSON — Hall of Fame rodeo producer Bob Barnes of Peterson thrilled spectators around the country with a taste of the Wild West for more than six decades.
- By Jeff DeYoung Iowa Farmer Today
MACKSBURG —There is something about watching a horse run that is pure magic, Pam Schutz says.
DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Agriculture will require aflatoxin screening and testing of milk received in Iowa, continuing indefinitely.
- The Associated Press
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — In the best of situations, a horse can live 25 or 30 years.