The Hartshorne FFA chapter's new meat processign facility includes features such as a walk-in freezer/cooler, industrial dishwasher, meat grinder, a bandsaw to cut bone-in product, vacuum sealers, tenderizers, patty makers, dehydrators, meat stuffers and mixers. (Courtesy photo.)

FFA chapter launches meat processing program for students

This is a map of the precipitation received between Oct. 24 and Oct. 31. (Photo courtesy Weather Underground.)

October rains bring hope for winter wheat grazing

Massachusetts imports nearly all of their pork products. (Photo via Adobe Stock.)

More than 13 states are standing up to Massachusetts pork law

A mung bean field harvested in Oklahoma on Oct. 20. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Mung bean harvest in Oklahoma

Open fields of cut hay. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture elected president of NASDA  

(Photo courtesy Dr. Meredyth Jones, DVM.)

Pinkeye—an infection that can spread like wildfire  

Lacey Vilhauer with her newly finished chicken coop.

Building the chicken coop of my dreams

The moment a heifer is born, her DNA can be tested to show her future performance and profitability. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Genetic prediction tests: An accurate means of telling a heifer’s fortune