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“Last time I was here, big hotels, big beds, big trucks, everything was big,” says Lukas Wolters, the senior manager of breeding grasses at DSV (Deutsche Saatveredelung) AG. “You have big cars still, but the oversized impression I had of the United States has adapted. I like it.”
Dr. Jong Duk Kim, a professor and researcher at the privately funded institution Cheonan Yonam College in South Korea, is currently working on one of South Korea’s hot topics – waterways. The total linear distance of waterways in South Korea is about 111,846 miles (180,000 km).
Staheli West recently completed a 72-hour challenge to see how many 3 by 4 hay bales could be baled in a non-stop 72-hour period. Makers of the DewPoint 6110 steamer were testing the ability to bale hay round-the-clock in the arid western U.S.
Cleanliness, consistency, convenience, composition and cost-effectiveness (the five C’s) are important characteristics to consider when discussing the ideal hay for horses. Some of these characteristics are important to the health or performance of the horse, while others are important to the horse owner.
How important is hay? Horses need fiber in their diet to maintain a normal digestive tract. For grazing horses, fiber comes from pasture, but for horses without access to pasture, hay provides the needed fiber.
Dr. Mark Boggess has been selected as the new director for the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center (USDA Agricultural Research Service USDFRC) in Madison, Wisconsin.
He has been with ARS since 2009 as a national program leader in Beltsville, Maryland. A native of Iowa, Dr. Boggess earned a Ph.D. in animal breeding from Iowa State University, an M.S. in animal breeding from Cornell University and a B.S. in animal science from Iowa State.
In California, the drought is making the water market extremely expensive. In the past, the state has intervened in the market, but this year they have allowed the market to self-regulate.
Citing the use of cover crops since the time of the pharaohs, founding partner of Grassland Oregon, Risa DeMasi, moderated a panel of industry experts gathered at the recent American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) convention to discuss the resurgence of interest in the production, distribution and regulation of cover crop seed.
Irrigation pumping plant efficiency calculator App A new mobile app – IrrigatePump – can help you identify irrigation pumping plants that are underperforming and need to be adjusted, repaired or replaced with a better design. Developed by University of Nebraska – Lincoln Extension, this app uses existing records to help determine when pumping plants should be tested by a professional.
DuPont Pioneer has announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with eight Midwestern land-grant universities through their respective soil nutrition management experts to help growers more sustainably maximize crop yields.
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Dr. Mark Boggess has been selected as the new director for the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center (USDA Agricultural Research Service USDFRC) in Madison, Wisconsin. 
