Environmental Resource Management
Former judges share the passion and skills they developed while judging hogs as a 4-H or FFA member.
Farmers in Minnesota could have more challenges when applying nitrogen, if a proposed rule becomes law. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is proposing the rule to minimize sources of nitrate pollution.
This week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) introduced an immigration bill, and President Trump is throwing his support behind it.
The National Pork Producers Council and other groups late yesterday filed a request in federal court for a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule.
A tree you’ve never heard of could be the key to a novel COVID-19 vaccine. Currently in development, this vaccine uses a compound called QS-21 from the Quillaja saponaria tree in Chile.
Farm leaders should assess their current employee bench to to be ready for future industry shifts.
Why should a communication model be at the top of your list to implement NOW? For starters, poor communication can lead to big problems, especially in busy seasons.
Here are practical ways producer decision-makers can recruit talented future leaders for their operations—and learn and apply their unique experiences and talents, says Merck Animal Health’s Shannon Kellner.
The rise of low-density residential development is causing more and more challenges as people move into closer proximity with animal agriculture.
Last December’s early onset of winter weather combined with heavy snow cover may mean some manure storage facilities are nearing capacity. Spring rain has a way of making spring field work difficult, slowing the progress of emptying in-ground manure storages. What to do?
While their schooling focused on pigs, veterinarians spend a lot of time working with clients and members of their staff. After all, they must carry out a veterinarian’s health or production plan for the pigs.
Turn the tables and seek insightful answers to better manage your farm.
Barn fires move fast. In less than four minutes, a fire can fill a barn with smoke and completely engulf it in flames in less than five minutes. Here are 10 tips to help you protect your barn.
After turning heads at the 2019 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference with Bio-Barrier 360, a new twist to currently failing fumigation rooms, Zack Talbert went home to make his prize-winning product even better in 2020.
Here are some ideas, tips and strategies that can help you turn lemon days into lemonade.
The Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (R.O.U.T.E.S.) Initiative was announced by U.S. Department of TransportationSecretary, Elaine Chao, on Monday
Two million hogs remain backed up on farms today. U.S. hog farmers face $5 billion in losses due to COVID-19. Hog farmers are in dire straits and need Congressional action now, experts say.
Avoid the commingling muddle when it comes to your profits and expenses.
Injecting hog manure about 8” beneath the soil’s surface in a trench and then closing it helps reduce nutrient runoff.
If you can figure out how to bridge the generational divide, your business will thrive as we approach the 2020s.
There’s more to ag careers than farming!
This week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) introduced an immigration bill, and President Trump is throwing his support behind it.
College seems like fun in the movies, but partying isn’t all you do.
New employees can come from a variety of backgrounds with varying experience, so it is important for an employer to meet new hires with appropriate expectations and meeting new hires “where they are.”
A federal trial in North Carolina might alter the future of hog farming in the state. Closing arguments in the Smithfield nuisance case (McKiver et al v. Murphy-Brown, LLC) were heard Tuesday.
The best part about human capital is that the more you effectively utilize it, the more you have.
Iowa State Extension offers four guideline publications to help livestock producers safely manage manure.
Leaders at the National Farm Medicine Center are building and testing rural health informatics tools to enhance the collection and dissemination of publicly available injury case data from news reports.
As agriculture itself has diversified, so has its workforce. In response, AgCareers.com conducted the Workplace Diversity Survey to capture employer’s efforts to address diversity within their organizations.
In June, the House of Representatives worked on two immigration bills but both failed. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) isn’t sure if anyone will have the “political desire” to get something worked on and passed in July.