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Today's most viewed <<Back to most read Is your pony a ticking time bomb? Laminitis has often been referred to as one of the cruelest afflictions horses and ponies can suffer. The inflammation and pain in the sensitive laminae of the hooves has been compared to having 10 badly bruised fingernails then being asked to do a handstand on them! It has been shown in the horse that certain fat cells (particularly those laid down in the crest and abdomen) are capable of affecting the action and...

Sweet sorghum, a cane-like plant with a high sugar content grown primarily for forage, silage and sugar production, could become the next big alternative fuel crop and boon for Louisiana farmers. Sweet sorghum to be planted in Louisiana as possible ethanol crop . DailyComet.com . Daily Comet . Thibodaux, LA State News. Under a new Louisiana law, 2 percent of gasoline sold in the state will have to be agriculture-based when ethanol production in the state reaches 50 million gallons...

Distiller grains are byproducts used to create livestock feed from the remaining nutrients of corn after starch is stripped away during ethanol production. In the face of rising corn feed prices, dried distiller grains with solubles - DDGS - have been touted as the next alternative to corn feed. Because of this shortage, many farmers started using their hay supplies earlier than usual, and distiller grains help them to stretch their supplies. Turner, who feeds his cattle between 1.5 pounds...

The historically high price of corn benefits Iowa corn producers, but livestock and poultry producers who use corn for feed are facing tough financial challenges, a quandary ISU hopes to solve with research and new technology. Iowa has always been a prime mover in the food supply part of the economy, he said, but now the state is in the forefront of energy and fuel production, agricultural biomass and technology. Wintersteen, who worked for a time as an extension specialist in Lee County,...