Casey Knapp, a 20-year-old from Preble, New York, has been very involved in promoting agriculture – on the organic side.

For a number of years, entertainer Jeff Foxworthy has related to rural folks with his “You might be a redneck if ….” and David Letterman has become notorious for his “Top 10” list. In combining those concepts, my interactions with dairy graziers over the years have led to my “Top ten reasons you might be a seasonal pasture-based dairy farmer if …”

Do you want to improve working conditions on your farm, but aren’t sure what’s most important to employees? Don’t think you can afford to? Don’t know where to start?

When designing a bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) control plan, vaccination for prevention of birth of persistently infected (PI) calves should be a primary target.

The success of farming operations is based on teamwork by the parties involved. By working together, you can often accomplish more than when you work as individuals.

Seven Magic Valley youths were awarded scholarships in conjunction with the Magic Valley Dairy Heifer Program at this year’s Twin Falls County Fair. The scholarships were awarded on the basis of excellence in program participation.

“So, what’s the difference between riding a mechanical bull and riding a real one?” asked the boy of his dad. “You will know the difference, my son, the first time you climb over into the buckin’ chute and look down.”

I am off-post for just over two weeks. Our USDA Agricultural Adviser, Jon Melhus and I are working in a southern province as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Together, we are delivering a soil and irrigation water management course for a group of 17 provincial representatives from three ministries: agriculture, water resources and higher education.

Raising calves during colder weather presents a number of challenges that require increased attention to your calf care program.

Perhaps it is because it’s fall and students are returning back to school, but I’ve recently had flashbacks to my university economics class while reading e-mail responses from industry contacts.