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Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors, Pests

Outsmarting deer and rabbits in the garden

Are deer or rabbits eating your garden? The damage tells the story. Learn how to identify the culprit and which deterrents actually work. Read More

Sara Wyant
Agripulse, Animal Health, beef, Beef, Columns, Columns, Cow Calf, Dairy, Equine, Dairy, Sheep and Goats, Opinion, Sheep and Goats, Stocker, Swine, USDA

Federal, state officials on high alert as New World screwworm advances into U.S.

Animal Health, Beef, Cow Calf, Dairy, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Stocker

FDA grants emergency authorization for Dectomax for NWS 

Alpha-gal Syndrome: The “red meat allergy” caused by ticks  

  • December 5, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
German short hair bird dog with pheasant. (iStock │ #157564554 - jimkruger)

Food safety begins in the field

  • October 8, 2025
  • By K-State Extension news service

USDA aid available for flooding and wildfire losses

  • September 12, 2025
  • By HPJ staff
Cattle drinking. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Foot-and-mouth disease found in Europe, sparking concerns in the U.S.

  • April 11, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Young basil seedlings in biodegradable pots.(Adobe Stock │ #340907562 - svehlik)

February pre-gardening checklist

  • February 3, 2025
  • By JayDee Gunnell │ Utah State University Extension
Mule deer on the plains at sunset. (Photo: iStock - peeterv)

Kansas state experts urge motorists to use caution during peak deer season

  • October 16, 2024
  • By Kansas Highway Patrol
Kiersten Black, 15, poses with the bighorn sheep ram after her successful hunt. (Photo by Justin Haag, Nebraskaland Magazine and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.)

Big game permits available to residents starting July 10

  • July 19, 2024
  • By hpj-editorial
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Collaborative effort conserves 1,200 acres

  • May 2, 2024
  • By hpj-editorial
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