Resources can help cattle producers learn more about international beef markets. To learn more about the requirements of these programs, the marketing opportunities available and how Processed Verified Programs (PVP) and Quality Systems Assessment (QSA) programs are used to qualify beef for export, producers can go to the International Marketing link at http://beef. To learn more about the requirements of these programs, the marketing opportunities available and how Processed Verified...

Jordan said High Plains dairy operators are growing more of their own feed, so they need much of the same information other crop producers need, as well as information specifically related to dairy. Dairy is farm-and-ranch related, and to combine it with the crop-and-beef show was appropriate. He said the dairy forum is an ongoing, developing program, one which farm show officials would like to make much bigger. Working on these dairies are approximately 1,400 owners, managers and...

By Kim Burgess Published: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:22 AM CST Issue over subsidy bill heads to Senate with one question: Who really benefits? Do farm subsidies allow the rich to get richer while cutting out the small-scale producer? Debate is intense as the issue hits the Senate this week. By Kim Burgess Published: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:22 AM CST Issue over subsidy bill heads to Senate with one question: Who really benefits? Do farm subsidies allow the rich to get richer while...

Gregg Valley News Staff Writer Concord -- Later this month, Meriden farmer Steve Taylor will hand in the keys to his state-issued pickup truck, a 2002 Chevy Silverado with 145,000 miles on it, and retire from his post as New Hampshire commissioner of agriculture. Gregg Valley News Staff Writer Concord -- Later this month, Meriden farmer Steve Taylor will hand in the keys to his state-issued pickup truck, a 2002 Chevy Silverado with 145,000 miles on it, and retire from his post as New...

I could see that when you were reaching inside the cows, poop was coming out and some cows were farting on you. Van Lente, 32, of Pennfield Township has been practicing large animal veterinary medicine for four years, working mostly with dairy cows and horses. Shoulder-deep in her derriere, he moved an ultrasound wand until he could see on a small television slung over his shoulder a white blob in her uterus. But cows that aren't used to it, they kind of get a little squirly. Jason Van...