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Wool: A Natural Bio-Enhancement for Gardens
Sheep's wool has been seeing increased use in gardens as mulch or a soil additive due to its numerous benefits. Learn how wool can help your plants and garden thrive this gardening season!
Farm Equipment, Safety on the Road, Everyone’s Role
National Farm Safety Week serves as a safety reminder for those involved in agriculture. During harvest, we will see an increase in farm equipment on the road, including tractors, combines, grain carts, silage choppers and silage trucks.
Focus on Grazing Management, Not Grazing ‘Systems’
Focusing only on the system and forgetting the fundamental truths of grazing will break any grazing strategy. Producers should instead focus on intensive management, making informed decisions based on the current conditions.
The Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks in Agriculture
The with growing digitalization of our food production systems, everyone should take an active role in preventing the threat of cyber-attacks.
Setting Up Replacement Heifers for Breeding with CIDR Protocols
Replacement heifers are the most common group of females on the ranch to be artificially inseminated. An option available for heifer (and cow) synchronization is use of a CIDR (Controlled Internal Drug Release).
High-Quality Silage Making & Safe Practices: Both are necessities
Throughout the forage growing season many producers are putting up silage piles. To this point they have been predominately forages such as haylage or small grain silage; however, we will soon be moving into corn silage cutting season.
What to Do About Flood-Damaged Trees
Fact sheet on what to do about flood-damaged trees
Considerations for Beef Producers Following a Flood Event
In the aftermath of a flood event, there are several different items to be considered for beef herds. View some tips and resources for protecting your family, your herd, and your bottom line following a flood.
Farm Safety: Making it a daily habit
We know that agriculture ranks as one of the most dangerous occupations causing an estimated 167 lost-work-time injuries on a daily basis, of which 5% result in permanent impairment, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. In addition, approximately 20 farm workers per 100,000 die annually, with the leading cause of these deaths being tractor overturns.
Where could cyberattacks occur in a precision agriculture system? An outlook on the system breakup.
Precision agriculture relies on cyber-physical systems that bring together sensors, computers, the internet, and farm equipment. Despite its numerous benefits, it also brings some risks to farming practices.