Growers looking to increase their water management capabilities and know more about how and when to water their crops will soon have a more efficient and cost-saving solution to consider.

The 33rd annual Dairy Fashion Sale, the longest running student-assisted sale in the U.S., organized by the SUNY Cobleskill Dairy Cattle Club, happens 11 a.m. April 5 in the hangar guest stables building at the Equestrian Center, next to the Dairy Barn.

With the 2014 drought looming, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) has partnered with other agencies to help Nevadans prepare for and cope with the drought by launching the Living With Drought website, a one-stop shop where ranchers, farmers and others can find information to help them respond to their various drought-related challenges.

“With record high beef prices, it’s a great time to be in the cattle business,” Scott Brown told a meeting of Miller County, Missouri producers. The University of Missouri beef economist’s outlook shows a $250 return per cow in the coming year. In the previous beef cycle, returns topped at under $100 per cow. “We’ve never seen anything like current prices,” Brown said.  

Capital Farm Credit (CFC) has joined forces with Tootie Ilse and Agri-Insurance LLC of Hondo, Texas, to expand its product line to farmers and ranchers in The Lone Star State. Capital's newest offering will bring crop insurance products designed to protect farmers and ranchers in multi-peril, hail, rainfall and livestock price protection markets.

The beef checkoff, through its Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative (NEBPI), facilitated a culinary school tour of Old Line Custom Meats Co. March 15 in Baltimore, Maryland. A culinary purchasing class from Howard Community College (HCC) of Columbia, Maryland, spent the morning exploring an unfamiliar aspect of the cattle industry: beef processing.

South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Hampshire and North Dakota are the top five agribusiness-friendly states in America, according to a new report issued by Colorado State University agricultural economists.

Dr. Jack Whittier, an associate professor and extension beef specialist at Colorado State University, will be the new research and extension director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center and the Panhandle Extension District, starting June 1. "We are very pleased to bring a seasoned research and extension professional to the Panhandle," said Dr. Chuck Hibberd, dean and director of UNL's extension.