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More than 8,700 acres of productive ranchland in Albany County have been preserved as a result of a recent conservation easement project completed by the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT)
The year 2013 saw abundant moisture for many forage producers, especially in the southeastern states. As I traveled throughout much of the region, many forage stands were lush and green.
A sculpture made from nearly 1,000 pounds of butter was unveiled recently at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the show’s iconic milkshake served by the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association (PDA).
This could be a long winter for farmers and agriculture companies, not so much because of the weather but because of declining capitol spending in U.S. farmland.
The cyclical downturn, “amid lower commodity prices, international competition and lower exports,” could leave ag companies with fewer sales, according to William Blair & Co. analyst Larry de Maria, as reported in an International Business Times article by Nat Rudarakanchana.
It hasn’t been a happy new year for El Centro, California-based Imperial Valley Cheese, which has ceased operations because of a downturn of production and not being able to achieve economies of scale, journalist Antoine Abou-Diwan reported in the Imperial Valley Press. Receiving enough milk to produce its cheeses also became a challenge.
The Driftless Region includes beautiful rolling hills, clean streams and karst soil topography. Conservation of our soils and protection of our waters are best accomplished with much of the land seeded to forage production and including cattle into the system to consume these forages. The Driftless Beef Conference will focus on efficient and economic beef and forage production.
