American Society of Safety Engineers offer tips to prevent agricultural injuries, illnesses
With the growing season in full swing and Farm Safety and Health Week approaching on Sept. 21 to 27, the American Society of Safety Engineers urge all agricultural workers to be safe at work and offer several safety and health tips to help prevent tragic injuries and illnesses on farms that occur each year. Wilkinson added, "Following simple farm safety tips to protect workers can prevent many farm-related injuries and illnesses." To learn more information about agricultural safety and ...
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Beardsley-Choat to serve as coordinator of Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition
The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition announced it has contracted with Tamara Beardsley-Choat to serve as coordinator of the producer-based stewardship group. The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition is an independent organization of ranchers, interest groups, and agencies whose mission is to collaborate with landowners, agencies, and other associations to implement programs that improve the management and health of Nebraska grazing lands to ensure long-term stability of rangeland and pasture ...
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Beef Tailgate Showdown begins
If so, the Nebraska Beef Council wants you to enter the Beef Tailgate Showdown. Each week of a Nebraska home game, three tailgates will be judged to determine who has the best beef tailgating recipe. The contest begins Aug. 1 and entries will be accepted through Nov. 3. Recipes and tailgates will be judged on taste, originality, presentation, food safety, tailgate theme and atmosphere.
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Breeders saddled with high prices giving up horses
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP)--Saddled with runaway hay and grain prices, many horse owners are taking a hard look at how much they're spending on their animals. From the backyard horse owner to breeders and trainers who depend on horses for income, everyone is affected by the escalating costs. Care for the Horses also is receiving more calls for feed and veterinary assistance, another service it offers horse owners needing help.
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Buy-in waiver for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance
The applicable buy-in form must be completed and applicable fees paid by Sept. 16. Payment of the applicable fees will allow the producer to be eligible for benefits for losses under Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program, Livestock Forage Disaster Program, Tree Assistance Program, and Emergency Assistance Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program. The SURE program will be available to eligible producers on farms in disaster counties, designated by the Secretary, including ...
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CDA Agricultural Commission approves emergency rule
The Colorado Agricultural Commission approved an emergency rule Aug. 1 to protect the state's livestock while allowing cattle feeders access to sufficient supplies of feeder cattle. The "Colorado Import Approved Feedlot" program sets entry procedures for cattle being transported from states with downgraded disease status, including feedyard perimeter requirements, on-site feedyard inspections and record keeping requirements. Feedyards must apply to become an approved import feedlot; all ...
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Cooler weather does not hurt crop progress
Cooler than average temperatures covered South Dakota this week, according to the State Climate Office of South Dakota. A majority of the spring planted small grains have been harvested in the state with 81 percent of the oats harvested, 68 percent of the barley harvested and 66 percent of the spring wheat harvested. The second cutting of alfalfa was 87 percent complete, and a third cutting was 24 percent complete.
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Crops tour details released
Mixing things up this year, we'll kick off the tour at the Elvin Domann farm at Winchester, with discussion of the dryland corn and soybean plots planted there. With the weed control challenges experienced this year fresh in our memory (and in some cases more visible than we'd like), Dallas Peterson, Extension Weed Science Specialist will focus on the herbicide tolerant weeds in these plots (corn and soybeans) and what treatments are being used to combat them. The Demonstration Plot Tour is...
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Dry conditions, cool night temps stressing crops, pastures
Overall, condition is rated 4 percent very poor, 11 percent poor, 36 percent fair, 39 percent good, and 10 percent excellent, virtually unchanged from last week. Soybean condition is rated 4 percent very poor, 14 percent poor, 38 percent fair, 35 percent good, and 9 percent excellent. Pasture condition is rated 1 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 31 percent fair, 54 percent good and 8 percent excellent, a drop of 4 points in the good to excellent category.
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Ecological economics topic for Pesek Colloquium Sept. 11
Robert Costanza, the Gund Professor of Ecological Economics and director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont, will be the featured speaker. The colloquium is co-sponsored by the Iowa Farm Bureau, Alliant Energy and Iowa Farmers Union, plus the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Agronomy, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Plant Sciences Institute, College of ...
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