Ag & Natural Resources
Youth Employment in Agriculture
Both federal and state laws govern the age at which youths can work on farms, the hours they can work, and the tasks they can perform.
Reducing Hay Waste
Hay Waste – It’s Expensive and Let’s Reduce the Waste By Rich Toebe, CCE Livestock Educator Feeding hay is part of every beef, sheep, or goat operation. On most farms, it is often ...
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Dairy Farm “Cost of Days Open”
Recently, I got the chance to ride along with a fellow educator to take feed samples. While sampling the bag, reproductive success got brought up in relation to nutrition management. April and I got ...
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Scissor Cut Results – 6/7/2022
Mature Hay for Mature Cows Hay continued to mature this week with all grasses reaching a fully headed stage. Fiber in grasses is advancing more slowly, while legumes still advanced by 1 point per ...
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NO ASIAN GIANT HORNETS
As of August, 2020, there are NO ASIAN GIANT HORNETS in the northeast. What you might see are Cicada Killers or European Hornets. Please don’t kill these large but very low risk cicada killer ...
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Scissor Cut Results 5/31/22
Beef Go, Dairy Finish Hay quality past the target zone for dairy quality and growing yearling beef for all fields except pure alfalfa at sampling this week, alfalfa quality is at dairy quality stage. ...
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Scissor Cut Results 5/24/2022
Still Prime, Wait Still Grass and mixed hay were still in the target zone for dairy quality at sampling this week, although we would expect it to advance past prime next week. Legume quality ...
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Scissors Cut Results 5/17/2022
Dairy – Go, Go, Go! – Beef Wait With a little rain and lots of warm weather hay grew rapidly this week. Maturity advanced right along with the height with most fields at target ...
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Scissors Cut Results 5/10/2022
Slow and Steady, but? Hay crops grew slowly the last week, and many grasses showed burned tips from several frosty mornings in the previous week. Grasses averaged just under 12 inches while legumes were ...
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