If you want to live a long time, I have some good advice for you. Stay away from doctors. Before health insurance was invented most people did just fine living on prunes and proverbs. No prescriptions. With this in mind, I have collected the following cowboy cures and home remedies.

Grandpa Tommy was reminiscing, “It’s a shame everybody couldn’t go through the Great Depression.” I know what he meant – I think. He didn’t mean it like, “It’s a shame everybody hadn’t been in a concentration camp or had polio.” He was remarking that most of us baby boomers and younger are unable to appreciate how technology has pampered us.

The improvement of genetics, expected progeny differences, with higher pregnancy and conception rates, are just some of the components paying off with higher premiums on beef cattle, said Certified Angus Beef Vice President Larry Corah.

Cow-calf producers probably won’t be surprised to learn how a cow’s calving date is linked to her lifetime longevity and productivity. But there’s a distinct line between tradition and scientific data, said Eric Mousel of Northwest Missouri State University, which means observational studies showing those connections take time.

A new campaign focuses on the hard-working dairy farm families and the nutritious products they produce. Named “Dedicated to Dairy,” the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association Inc. campaign includes multi-media efforts featuring regional dairy families and their stories. Who better to tell the story regarding the dairy industry, its impact on local communities and the vital role this industry plays in providing consumers with a quality product than the dairymen themselves?

The Beef Checkoff-funded National Beef Speakers Bureau (NBSB) is currently accepting applications for new speakers who will engage people across America in the rich and compelling “Beef Story.” The NBSB is kicking off its third year with the goal of reaching 10,000 meal‐time decision makers. Each NBSB member will connect with meal‐time decision makers and youth regarding modern beef production, nutrition, safety, animal care and more – helping to make beef an easy choice.

The 128th Annual Montana Stockgrowers Association Convention and Trade Show, held in Billings, Dec. 13-15, drew approximately 800 participants from across the state for the three-day conference.

Alan Clark Verona, Wisconsin Executive Director Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium

Heather Weeks Carlisle, Pennsylvania Extension Educator – Dairy Profitability Penn State Extension

Every year farmers spend a lot of money trying to control corn rootworm larvae, which are a significant threat to maize production in the U.S. and, more recently, in Europe. University of Illinois researchers have been working on validating a model for estimating damage functions.

Nicholas Tinsley, a doctoral candidate in crop sciences, has refined a model developed in 2009 by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and in Brescia, Italy, to describe the relationship between root injury caused by these pests and yield loss.