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In semi-arid environments such as Utah, water is one of the most limiting factors to crop production and the single-most important factor influencing plant growth and crop yields.
I just had a wild thought. Thinking about one of the plant geneticist’s presentation at the Washington Hay Growers Conference, about turning off specific genes in a plant’s DNA – what about a cow with a genetically modified tongue and digestive system so the cow could stick an anteater-like tongue down a gopher tunnel and retrieve and eat the gopher?
Local markets changed to regional, then to national and now to worldwide. At one time the value of hay, silage and pasture was a product of what was going on very locally.
“Now, any of you who don’t already know how to weld or do simple electrical wiring or carpentry, it will save you lots of grief if you get over to the vocational shop and take a class or two.”
The best I can do is to review the parts of the conference that stood out to me. Others who attended may note other things that stood out to them as impressive or important.
During my last year of high school, I worked for Don Tobler and his son, Harmon, north of Nampa, Idaho. They had a dairy farm, one of the few I had seen milking Jersey cows.
In that era milk processors had stopped paying the usual premium for the high-butterfat Jersey milk. Holstein cows were added, which caused a need for segregated lodging for the two breeds.
I called my almost-10-year-old grandson in by my computer on Sept. 11 this year. I showed him some videos of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.
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