Experts share warning signs, risk factors and ways to offer support and seek help. While suicide is hard to talk about, talking about suicide can help to save lives.
The capability to store manure reduces or eliminates the need to spread manure daily. Manure storage facilities allow small farms to store the manure until it can be removed and utilized later.
The potential of PLF to transform U.S. pig production is significant, MSU Extension says. Here are the results from a nationwide swine farmer and veterinarian Precision livestock farming (PLF) acceptance survey.
Pigs raised outdoors or on non-slatted floors are at risk for parasitic roundworms that can cause verminous pneumonia, a potentially fatal but preventable lung condition.
As the winter temperatures settle in, make sure you are keeping your 4-H animal projects healthy. Follow these four steps to help them perform their best this winter.