Producers raising meat for sale can maximize sales by planning their processing. Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) recently hosted “Direct Marketing Meat: The Logistics of Meat Processing” as a webinar with Rebecca Thistlethwaite, representing the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network. Directed by...

The recent 2018 North Jersey Resource Conservation and Development winter conference focused on no-till planting and the need for cover crops. Presenter Eric Rosenbaum of Rosetree Consulting LLC asked the questions he always asks farmers: what three things are they going to try in order to have a mo...

Like many horse maladies, navicular disease has more than one name, including navicular syndrome and podotrochlosis. Dr. Kyla Ortved, assistant professor of large animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, said many bones and structures comprise the equine foot, and there’...

The 2018 American Angus Association National Convention and Trade Show welcomed visitors to Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 3 – 5. This year’s convention celebrated two important milestones within the Angus Association: the 135th Annual Convention of Delegates and the 40th anniversary of the Certified Angus Be...

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Need help in getting your horse over obstacles? You are not alone. The bleachers by the Demo Ring were full during the 2018 Equine Affaire while internationally known presenter Mark Bolender showed attendees how to help their horse overcome their fear and resistance to stepping over obstacles. In th...

Back in 2005… while I substitute-taught the ag program at the local vocational school… a student got a lesson in soil compaction. (I liked it when someone grew tomatoes, particularly when they ripened during the dead of winter.) One student was watering his little elevated garden plot, using a prett...

Regenerative grazing means purposely using the action of grazing animals, combined with the power of forages, to promote pasture health. It increases soil organic matter, enhances the diversity of soil microbes, increases the soil’s ability to sequester carbon and its ability to retain moisture. By ...

Recently, the Red Angus Association of America published a report on its website titled “Phasing Out Select Grade Beef.” As one of the three major grades of beef sold to the public – the higher two being Prime and Choice – Select being phased out of the mass market could have an impact on farmers wh...