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The Texas Department of State Health Services reports that a human case of bird flu has been confirmed in Texas and identified in a person who had direct exposure to dairy cattle presumed to be infected with the disease.

To create a safe and comfortable work environment for your farm employees, it’s important to address the specific challenges posed by cold weather on the farm.

For long-term success, farm leaders should regularly assess the landscape of their operation and adjust their strategies accordingly.

These 10 steps can help keep your employees from walking away.

Weather patterns have been anything but predictable this year thanks to El Niño. However, one meteorologist says America’s heartland may start to see wetter weather conditions just in time for fall.

Farm employees are a critical piece of our operation and keeping them safe should be every farm’s top priority. However, accidents can happen in the blink of an eye, especially when large equipment is involved.

Don’t let day-to-day farm tasks stand in your way of showing some extra gratitude to your hardworking employees.

To boost employee retention, farms need leaders who can effectively inspire and guide others. The job often requires its leaders to possess a handful of characteristics not necessarily used on other areas of the farm.

Starting on June 11, over-the-counter livestock antibiotics will no longer be available through traditional retail channels.

With busy season ramping up for farmers across the country, now’s a good time to revisit some strategies to help manage stress as your workload picks up.

These scorching summer temps are not only taking a toll on crops and livestock, but farm employees as well.

Science suggests "Tornado Alley" may be expanding

Cyberattacks happen every single day, and they’re creeping into rural America. Here's what you need to know to protect your operation from cybercrime.

The popular plant-based beverage, Oatly, has recently been told to not repeat some of its 'misleading' advertisements in the United Kingdom.

Livestock producers have to deal with headaches on a day-to-day basis, and with tax season coming, those headaches could soon escalate. Gene Marks says two tax credits are available that could save thousands of dollars.

While it’s easy to get defensive about the amount of money your employees should be receiving, there are often various benefits provided that contribute to an employee’s “hidden paycheck.”

Here are five bad habits to break to be a better farm leader.

With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season hastily approaching, now is the time to look over business details to help make your transition into the new year much smoother.

If you or an employee treats an animal with a drug, it’s important to keep adequate and updated treatment records.

Utilizing an effective management team can help you. As the owner or leader of your business, spend less time on the non-urgent and non-important tasks or duties that pop up every day.

Failure is a part of life, but how we bounce back from it determines how successful we will become.

Solar energy falls into the renewable energy category, and its growth has skyrocketed over the last few decades due to lower installation costs and consumer demand for more sustainable energy.

Merck will start manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine in its human manufacturing facilities later this month.

If your workload on the farm is starting to reach its breaking point, you may be experiencing burnout.

Putting biosecurity protocols in place can help reduce the risk of disease being transferred to not only livestock, but to humans as well.

On Halloween night, it’s not uncommon to see witches, superheroes and princesses out on the town.

If we’ve learned anything throughout 2020, it’s that in order to survive these crazy times, we have to learn how to adapt. This especially holds true for those who hold leadership positions.

Here are 15 favorite tech tools used by farmers daily.

Dexamethasone, a widely available steroid commonly used on livestock, has shown to help lower the risk of death in severe coronavirus cases by 35%.

Two-thirds of farmers do not have a plan in place as to how they will transfer their massive asset base onto the next generation.

If you are looking to ramp up some of your Halloween snacks to hand out to trick-or-treaters, here are six spooktacular beef, pork and dairy related treats!

Bullying used to be something that happened on the playground. Now it’s evolved into a vicious trend that’s spread across the internet.

With summer just weeks away from ending and harvest season just around the corner, farmers are already starting to wonder what lies ahead for the winter months.

As Mother Nature continues to pound America’s heartland with historic rainfall and below average temperatures, forecasts show she may bear down on the Midwest this summer as well.

When severe weather makes its way to your operation, be sure you have an adequate plan and checklist in place before disaster strikes.

Check out our favorite Easter egg creations inspired by some of our favorite farm animals!

With all of the chaos and confusion centered around running an agricultural operation, regularly scheduled meetings should be a must on your farm.

With the start of spring comes the start of allergy season, but not for some farm kids, researchers say.

Farm girls around the world are celebrating #InternationalWomensDay and have shared their farming photos on social media.

As the two teams battle it out on the field, Americans will battle each other to fill their plates full of iconic Super Bowl snacks.

Mother Nature is at it again. What started off as a mild winter has quickly escalated into an arctic blast, turning rural parts of the country into a frozen tundra.

While keeping a generator on the farm may seem like a “no-brainer” when it comes to preparing for a storm, making sure this life-saving device is ready to go at any moment is a necessity.

Previously only available in Sweden and Finland, McDonald’s has now released the ‘McVegan’ at its Chicago headquarters.

Whether you need a last-minute costume idea or just a cute pick-me-up, take a look at some of these ag related Halloween costumes.

Whether you need a last-minute costume idea or just a cute pick-me-up, take a look at some of these ag related Halloween costumes.

Every day is an important day to thank farmers for their hard work, but today is especially important.

Recognizing female farmers for Women’s Equality Day, Land O’ Lakes has raised $100,000 for Feeding America with their popular video “She-I-O”, a spin on “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.”

As analyst finish up day four of Crop Tour, the images they’ve shared on social media have painted a picture of what fields are looking like in the Midwest for farmers.

Look out Old MacDonald, the girls are running the farm.

While analysts are seeing many fields with high yield estimates across the country, they are also noticing some areas affected by summer drought and storms.