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For the fourth year, Toyota will donate a new Tundra to World Ag Expo's FFA Toyota Tundra Giveaway. Toyota and California FFA chapters are working together with World Ag Expo to support FFA programs in schools throughout California. Tickets are available from FFA members, online at www.WorldAgExpo.com or at ticket gates during World Ag Expo for a suggested donation of $5.
AgriLabs' Vice President of Marketing, Jim Glassford, will present the winners of the AgriLabs Dr. Bruce Wren Continuing Education Awards at the 44th annual meeting of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners.These annual awards honor Dr. Bruce Wren, a long-time AgriLabs Technical Services veterinarian, in recognition of his lifelong commitment to practical and formal continuing education for veterinarians.
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI) announced Dr. Albrecht Kissel, as its new president and CEO. Kissel will resume responsibilities over U.S. domestic sales and marketing, research and development, and manufacturing operations for BIVI effective Sept. 1.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The drought that has sizzled the Southwest in 2012 and carved an even bigger gash into the national cattle herd size will have a lasting effect through 2015, said Brett Stuart, market analyst for Cattle Fax, at the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course.
Fires that damage or destroys hay and barns – resulting in building replacement, feed replacement and lost revenues – cost area farmers thousands of dollars each year.
With a dry growing season this year, barns of livestock producers are going into the winter with lower than normal stocks of hay. Challenging weather has also made the availability of hay scarce, pasture supplies short and hay prices have risen as a result.
It’s important for hay buyers to beware of the quality and weight of the hay they are buying according to Tim Schnakenberg, agronomy specialist with University of Missouri Extension.
Harold Amstutz, D.V.M., and Dan Upson, D.V.M., M.S. Ph.D., will be honored as the inaugural inductees to the Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame at the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) annual conference in St. Louis. They will be recognized on Sept. 24 during the Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame banquet sponsored by Merck Animal Health.
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture is reminding local farmers and ranchers that through a simple permitting process, they are allowed to bale hay from highway rights-of-way. There are over 135,000 mowable acres along highway rights-of-way in the state.
Right on cue, temperatures moderated and relief from the scorching heat of the summer of 2011 came just in time for Labor Day and the unofficial beginning of fall. Endless days of triple-digit heat in the drought-ridden Southwest came to an end, however tropical storms failed to stir any significant rainfall and the only thing that flooded Texas was range fires.
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