In a dry year, we would check for nitrates, but we have had plenty of rain this year and we don t think it will be an issue, he says. He likes to chop corn at 68 to 70 percent moisture, but says the current crop is coming in at about 64 to 68 percent moisture despite abundant rainfall during the growing season. You like to see moisture content at least in the mid-60s for a bunker and you can go a little dryer with a bag, but I see a lot of producers who chop corn when it s too dry, he...

Cattle Network - Connecting The Beef Industry Worldwide www.CattleNetwork.com - Connecting the Cattle Industry Worldwide CattleNetwork.com - Connecting The Cattle & Beef Industry Worldwide. Starting this fall, the popular icons for the California dairy industry, which have successfully promoted Real California Cheese through national advertising, are also going to promote nationally the full range of dairy products made with California milk including butter, ice cream and yogurt. Starting...

Saturday's events included a weigh-in and class sorting while Sunday was the official judging, selection of champions and a 4-H premium auction. Organizers say the beef expo is a reward for the 4-H students for all the hard work they've done over the year. So it's a way of keeping our youth involved in agriculture and assisting them in financing their projects. When you think of Nebraska, besides the Cornhuskers, you think of it's top notch beef industry. And this past weekend in Norfolk,...

Agricultural societies were created and, along with them, the agricultural fair. The earliest European settlers relied heavily on swine for their meat, but cows were needed for milk and oxen to plow the stony land. Organized in 1853 by the revitalized Agricultural Society headed ably by Henry Flagg French the fair drew thousands of people to town to view the finest farm animals, produce, domestic arts and a few competitions. After the Revolution, agriculturalists began to look for ways to...

It makes you wonder why producers of the major subsidized crops wheat, corn, soybeans, rice and cotton couldn t somehow also survive without federal handouts. The Agriculture Department predicts that net farm income this year will reach a record of more than $87 billion, nearly 50 percent above the previous year. With more acreage going to corn, there s less acreage for wheat or soybeans, and that constrains supplies of those crops and helps keep prices up. Production of fruit, vegetables,...