Is Snow Bad for Crops?

01/26/2016

While some crops can suffer significant detrimental effects from snow and cold temperatures, others markedly benefit.

How it Works: Sex Sorted Semen

01/25/2016

For sex sorted semen, the ability to shift the gender ratio of a calf crop comes from the fact that gender is determined by the sperm cell that fertilizes the egg.

Weed Blasting Offers New Control Method for Organic Farmers

01/25/2016

Organic fertilizers, such as soybean meal, can be used as abrasive grit, which could mean farmers could control weeds and fertilize their crop in a single pass.

Can You “Make” a Cow Deliver Better Colostrum?

01/25/2016

What interventions could be made within the cow herd to improve the quantity and quality (concentration of immunoglobulins) of colostrum produced?

Marketing is Not a Numbers Game

01/21/2016

What businesses want are aware, engaged customers taking action.

Terminal Breed Indexes Available at Your Breed Association Website

01/21/2016

Selection indexes can help producers buy bulls destined to sire terminal calves.

Second Annual SDSU Extension Heifer Development Webinar Series

01/20/2016

In February, SDSU Extension will host the 2nd Annual Heifer Development Webinar Series titled Managing Bred Heifers for the Future.

Smaller Winter Wheat Crop in 2016?

01/20/2016

The USDA’s December 2015 survey of winter wheat seedings revealed that producers seeded only 36.609 million acres of winter wheat last fall.

What Cow-Calf Producers Should Maximize

01/20/2016

Maximizing narrow production measures will not be economical for cattle producers.

Scams and Fraud Add Insult to Injury After a Disaster

01/18/2016

People can become victims twice in the aftermath of a natural disaster like a flood.

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