CAST Animal Group Tour Casey Owens, professor of poultry science, leads a tour of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station's poultry processing pilot plant. The Center for Scalable and Intelligent Automation in Poultry Processing, established by a $5 million USDA-NIFA grant, aims to adapt robotic automation to the poultry processing industry. (UA System Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller)

Future of poultry processing includes automation, robotics and virtual reality headsets

  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
University of Wyoming Extension

Wyomingites eager to talk about water-related hazards

Livestock’s latest pest not a one-hit wonder

Broiler chick held by Rebekah Drysdale, a Ph.D. student in the poultry science department for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Paden Johnson)

Calcium tests in poultry offer chance for improved feed efficiency

  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Farmers learned about water efficiency and corn prices at a recent KSU-TAPS tour. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Corn prices and conserving water on TAP

Jeremy Kootz (left) and Charlie Kootz incorporate cover crops to boost soil health and feed livestock on their central Kansas farm. (K-State Research and Extension)

K-State study: Grazing cover crops adds value

(Photo courtesy of BASF)

3 entities enter into pact for soybean trait stack in Brazil

Satellite image of Hurricane Delta, taken Oct. 9 2020. (Image courtesy NOAA)

Tropical systems spin up Mid-South crop insurance rates

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture