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- Poor rangelands
- Conditions on California rangelands are by far the worst in the nation. Approximately 97% of the state's pastures, which support the cattle and sheep industries, are in poor or very poor condition, meaning ranchers must provide significant amounts of supplemental feed for their herds, reported The Sacramento Bee. USDA Report
- Research articles 2008-10-01
- Four Austrians suffer tick-borne encephalitis from cheese: report
- VIENNA AFP — Four people recently fell ill with tick-borne encephalitis TBE in western Austria after eating homemade goats' cheese, medical experts reported Thursday. A shepherd in western Vorarlberg province, who had checked into hospital in July with flu-like symptoms, was found to have the illness following a blood...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Pioneering conservancies struggle to save Kenya's wildlife jewel
- MAASAI MARA, Kenya AFP — Investors and conservationists have dreamt up an innovative business plan to save Kenya's iconic Maasai Mara, a wildlife haven threatened by over-grazing, farming and mass tourism. Around August each year, swarms of wildebeests come stampeding from neighbouring Tanzania's Serengeti plains to find pasture in...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Argentine president orders probe into massive fires
- BUENOS AIRES AFP — Argentine President Cristina Kirchner on Saturday ordered civil and criminal investigations into massive brush fires whose smoke has caused misery in Buenos Aires. Kirchner flew by helicopter over an area where fires raged northwest of the capital, which have been blamed on soybean and cattle...
- Research articles 2008-04-19
- Faster Forage Option for Growers.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 April 2008-Agricultural Research Service: Faster Forage Option for GrowersC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01042008 A new bahiagrass may provide forage growers with a better shot at beating back weeds before they gain a stranglehold on forage pastures. Agricultural...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Rural land prices remain high in NW Arkansas
- BEFORE CONDOS AND SHOPPING centers dotted northwest Arkansas, cattle and pastureland were the area's most common sights. In 1997 there were a total of 507,431 acres of crop or pasture land in the two-county area, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's census. The USDA's 2002 census, the...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- A war of bows and arrows in the heart of Kenya's crisis
- KAPUNO VALLEY, Kenya AFP — At daybreak, the lanky silhouettes of Maasai archers skim down the green pastures to meet their opponents, charging down the opposing hill in Kenya's scenic Trans Mara region. Far from the political wrangling taking place in Nairobi's corridors of power, a medieval-like ritualised warfare...
- Research articles 2008-03-12
- Snow threatens Kashmir's pashmina goats
- SRINAGAR, India AFP — Some 150,000 rare Himalayan goats whose wool is used to make Indian Kashmir's famed pashmina shawls are at risk of dying due to heavy snow blanketing the region, officials warned on Wednesday. The goats' pastures, spread over the mountains of the Changthang area of the...
- Research articles 2008-02-06
- Organic and natural dairy: it's been a year since Wal-Mart took organic mainstream, and with a growing raw milk supply, organic continues to find its place along with natural products and no-rBST milk
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the Organic Trade Association's All Things Organic trade show last month, Horizon Organic introduced several new products, including organic milk with DHA, single serve bottles and ice cream. As the top marketer of organic milk in the U.S., Horizon's entree into the ice cream aisle makes...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- USDA's Florida Research Station Celebrates 75 Years of Excellence.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 May 2007-US ARS: USDA's Florida Research Station Celebrates 75 Years of ExcellenceC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25052007 BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - The Subtropical Agricultural Research Station in Brooksville, Fla., operated by USDA's Agricultural Research Service ARS, today celebrated 75 years...
- Research articles 2007-05-25
- Soybean planting hastens drying of Amazonia: study
- PARIS AFP — Chopping down Amazonian rainforest to plant soybeans is even more damaging to the environment than using the land for cattle pasture, according to a study reported on Wednesday. Soybean fields in Brazil reduce local rainfall by four times as much as pasture land, the British weekly...
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- Post-intentions questions reveal uncertainty.
- Here are some of the commonly asked questions from Pro Farmer Members following the March 30 Prospective Plantings Report: * "Where did the extra acres come from for 2007 plantings?" "Extra acres" refers to the total number of acres planted to...
- Research articles 2007-04-07
- Coon Valley farmer aims to protect organic integrity
- It's a long way from a Coon Valley farm to a California courtroom, but the concerns of one area farmer about genetically engineered crops are making a difference in a federal lawsuit. Jim Munsch, who raises organic beef cattle, became concerned several years ago that genetically modified alfalfa seeds approved...
- Research articles 2007-02-23
- Organic agriculture growing rapidly, but remains tiny niche
- The number of acres of U.S. farm- and rangeland devoted to the production of organic crops and livestock has more than quadrupled since 1990, but the total remains miniscule, at around 0.5 percent of all agricultural land, according to a recent USDA report. The report, prepared by USDA's Economic...
- Research articles 2007-01-08
- Comparing ratings of the southern phosphorus indices.(RESEARCH)
- The use of site assessment indices to guide agricultural phosphorus P nutrient management has been widely adopted in the United States. This study compares P-index ratings from 12 southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas) on fields representing...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- New Forage Insurance
- South Central Texas TSCRA Members Learn of New Forage Insurance TSCRA members in Region IV are invited to this month's third-Thursday luncheon at Pacho Garcia's in Dilley to learn about the new federal risk management tools targeting forage, pasture and rangeland production. USDA's Risk Management Agency and Texas Agricultural Experiment...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Ranchers decry grass-fed beef rule plan
- The Associated Press reports that USDA has proposed a standard for grass-fed meat that doesn't say animals need pasture and that broadly defines grass to include things like leftovers from harvested crops. Critics say the proposal is so loose that it would let more conventional ranchers slap a grass-fed label...
- Research articles 2006-09-11
- A cowboy and a yuppie.(consultants)(Brief article)
- A cowboy is herding his livestock in a remote pasture when a brand-new BMW advances out of a dust cloud toward him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, leans out the window and asks, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Cattle.(Analysis)
- Position Monitor Feds Feeders III'06 25% 0% IV'06 25% 0% I'07...
- Research articles 2006-08-26
- Feeding practices of organic dairy sector questioned
- Some consumer groups have begun to question the organic dairy industry's cow's feeding practices. The consumer groups are focusing on whether the animal is truly "organic" if it eats feed from a trough rather than nibbling on pasture grasses. Some farmers say cows need time to roam in a pasture...
- Research articles 2006-08-21
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