sustainability

Beef, Cow Calf, Lacey Vilhauer, Seedstock

Crossbreeding, selection strategies key to cow-calf efficiency

According to Dr. Bob Weaber, crossbreeding and selection strategies help balance cow efficiency with carcass value in beef production. Read More

Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Pets

Farm Bureau opens nominations for 2027 Farm Dog of the Year contest 

Refilling a white pickup truck with fuel at a gas station. (Adobe Stock-#247993817 │ Koonsiri)
Home and Family, Money

Driving habits may cost more than you think



Orange sugar maple trees line a paved driveway. (Adobe Stock │ #179289287 - Margaret Burlingham)

Specialist receives $1.6 million tree grant

Rusty Lee, MU Extension field specialist in agricultural systems technology, used AI and drone technology last season to diagnose irregular corn stands caused by a malfunctioning toolbar on a producer’s anhydrous ammonia applicator. (Photo by Linda Geist)

Drones can help diagnose ailing crops

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Cattle feedlot (K-State Research and Extension)

Growth implants’ effect on efficiency

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Montana State University

CSA program helps Montanans

The Grygla General store will be a tour stop for attendees at the 2026 National Rural Grocery Summit. (University of Minnesota Extension)

Rural entrepreneur builds her hometown grocery business and community

  • By Constance Carlson │ University of Minnesota Extension
The founding members of Oklahoma State University’s Beef Center of Excellence Advisory Board met on campus for an interactive day of learning, meeting faculty and students, and planning for the future of the center. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

Beef experts unite at OSU to discuss future of cattle industry

Beef Month celebrated with Governor’s Proclamation and statewide consumer campaign

In this 2019 file photo, flooding in crop fields leaves behind debris and submerged plants that may die or suffer yield damage. (Photo by Linda Geist)

When fields stay wet