August 2023

Young woman at home in hot summer day in front of the working fan suffering from summer heat. (Adobe Stock │ #285697412 - zigres)
Health & Wellness, Home and Family

Tips for preventing heat illness this summer

Heat illness can be deadly, but experts say it is entirely preventable with the right precautions. Read More

Golden hay bales scattered across expansive fields. (iStock-#2188805605 │ edb3_16)
Crops, Forage Crops, Hay Range Pasture

How to test hay and forage for nitrate levels using test strips

Bringing Baffin Back team members on the research vessel Scott Murray in Baffin Bay. (Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Regional Roundup, Southern Region, Texas, Water

Helping Baffin Bay: Researchers and communities team up for water quality

(Photo courtesy of South Dakota FFA Foundation.)

South Dakota FFA Foundation Blue Jacket program 

(Photo courtesy of Oklahoma State University.)

Management of bull preputial injuries

  • By Lionel J. Dawson │ OSU - Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Road closed caution sign on highway in road reconstruction (iStock photo by photovs)

Purpose For Detour Signs

Heat continues to put pressure on drought conditions

Fort Larned rolling out history as part of Labor Day event

Corn

Corn basis following Mississippi River levels downward

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
Because perennials are less formal than annuals, they often are used in border plantings such as those pictured. (Photo courtesy of University of Missouri Extension.)

Less is more: Time to divide and conquer perennials

Robert M. Stwalley III, clinical associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University, shows a cooling pad designed to keep hogs cool. IHT Group of Winnipeg, Manitoba, has signed an exclusive license and will manufacture and sell the pads in North America beginning spring 2024. (Photo by Tom Campbell, Purdue Agricultural Communication photo.)

IHT Group to manufacture, sell hog-cooling technology developed at Purdue