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Ag News, Avian, Backyard Birds, Chicken Chatter, Chickens, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Poultry

Breaking down the breed: Barred Rock 

In this edition of Breaking Down the Breed, HPJ Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer covers the Barred Rock, the friendliest chicken. Read More

Avian, Backyard Birds, Blogs, Chicken Chatter, Chickens, Lacey, Livestock

Breaking down the breed: Leghorn 

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Ag News, Arkansas, Beef, Colorado, Cow Calf, Feeder, Iowa, Kansas, Livestock, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Seedstock, South Dakota, Stocker, Texas, Wyoming

World Hereford Conference comes to Kansas City

How to help your chickens beat the heat 

  • July 21, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Jeff and Connie Tabor of 4T Gelbvieh were named the 2024 American Gelbvieh Association Breeder of the Year. (Courtesy photo.)

4T Gelbvieh named breeder of the year

  • March 22, 2025
  • By HPJ staff

How to support molting chickens

  • November 11, 2024
  • By Lacey Vilhauer

Cutting to the chase: Drone technology saves time, improves production

  • November 14, 2022
  • By By Scott Elliott, Agricultural Research Service

Concerns about breeding mares on a foal-heat

  • May 29, 2022
  • By By Frank J. Buchman

Changing tastes: Rise and fall of the Beltsville Small White Turkey

  • November 22, 2021
  • By Scott Hanscom, National Agricultural Library

Working like a dog

  • September 10, 2021
  • By Jennifer Theurer

Beef breed organizations unite to strengthen industry

  • January 13, 2021
  • By hpj-editorial
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