It is a photo imbedded in my memory; partly cloudy blue skies, a nearby mountain range coursing diagonally across the background, a finger shadow on the lens, and the glimpse of a startled horse’s left eye in the bottom right hand corner! I was making a big circle one cold spring morning. I’d made it clear to the Canary Springs on the high end of the 7-section pasture. My horse picked up when I started back down over the ridges and smaller canyons. I passed a few cows, looked ‘em over then topped the last big rise. The view was magnificent. It was a cowboy moment to be appreciated.

My work here in Iraq is divided between four ministries. There are two of them that receive most of my attention, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR). Here, in this article, I will write about the Ministry of Water Resources, the much smaller ministry in terms of personnel and perhaps one with a smaller mandate.

The state of Ohio produced record corn yields last year, and now that growers know what their fields can do, they're hoping to extract even more this year, says Ohio State University Extension agronomist Peter Thomison.

In conjunction with World Dairy Expo, the 27th Annual World Forage Analysis Superbowl will award over $20,000 in cash prizes. Special thanks goes to Mycogen Seeds, the contest’s Platinum Sponsor. Case IH is the contest’s newest sponsor and will award the Grand Champion Forage Producer with a check for $2,500.

Select Sires Inc.'s Board of Directors has selected Johnny Daniel of Charlotte, Tennessee, to the position of Board chairman, succeeding Randy Kortus, Lynden, Washington. The Board also elected first vice chairman, Myron Czech of Little Falls, Minnesota, and second vice chairman, Dan Andreas, of Sugarcreek, Ohio. Select Sires Board of Directors met on March 24 and 25 in Plain City, Ohio, in conjunction with Select Sires' Annual Meeting.

If you're a fan of Meet the Press and David Gregory, you'll recognize the title of this post. Here's a quick update about news and opinions that I've been reading this week. Topic - immigration.

News surfaced this week of plans being put on hold for what would have been the United Kingdom's largest dairy. Nocton Dairies, which had intended to build an 8,100-cow operation, faced opposition from animal rights activists and environmental campaigners.

How much time do you spend finding ways to reduce feed losses? How much of that time is focused on monitoring your feeder’s performance? And when was the last time you had a training session or refresher for your feeders focusing on how to reduce feed losses and what your expectations are?