FarmTek, a manufacturer of hydroponic fodder systems and agricultural products, has introduced a redesigned and more efficient commercial fodder system that provides easy assembly and yields abundant growth.

While conditions in the Southern Plains, Southwest through California and most of the West are improved over year-earlier conditions, most of the areas remain in serious drought. Some areas have had rain over the last few weeks while other areas have deteriorated.

Tractors are common to most farm and livestock operations and are also linked to more than half of agriculture-related deaths.

Wouldn’t it be nice to get up on a cold winter’s morning and not have to worry about starting the tractor to feed the cows? Instead, all you have to do is move a single-strand electric fence a few feet every two or three days. Now that would be living. Well, that is exactly how producers that have adopted bale grazing feed their cows.

A unique student program in Nebraska helps prepare graduates for future roles in the beef industry by providing hands-on experience as well as classroom work.

Mora County, New Mexico, population 4,700, recently passed a ban on oil and gas production in the county that has pitted neighbors against each other. Signs across the county contain a photo of a cow and read either “Farming Not Fracking” or “Water Not Fracking.”

I grew up on a diversified crop and livestock farm in central Iowa during a time when corn silage was the predominant ration ingredient for both growing and finishing beef cattle. It was and is a consistent, high-quality source of both energy and forage.

Nathan Boies left his home ranch in northeastern Nevada and joined the military in 2001, completing a combat tour in Iraq as a scout-sniper.

West Texas A&M University’s Department of Agricultural Sciences and industry professionals have teamed up to create a new breed of beef cattle – backwards.