Livestock
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The Panhandle Ag e-News had a story today about their new Friday Feature, which highlights old agricultural videos. The feature for today shows a short video (about 10 minutes long) describing cattle ranching in Florida from the Florida Beef Council. It’s a bit old-fashioned but still an interesting look at ranching with Brahma cattle. You can…
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Now that the grant for “Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate” is ending, the course materials, including the original video modules and reference material, have been moved to the eXtension site for at least the next year. While the course is no longer offered, all of the materials can still be used for self-study. Many…
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When farmers are looking for feed for their cattle due to drought or other shortages, they use a variety of products to supplement their feed. I was interested to read this story about a spilled truck full of red Skittles that was on its way to be ground up and used as a cattle feed…
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Meteorologists use Doppler radar to track precipitation across the country. It provides not only information about falling rain and snow, but also a sense of the direction of the winds, which can help provide information about potential severe weather such as tornadoes. But Doppler radar can also track other things in the sky, such as…
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The recent cold snap which we’ve experienced across the US is something we expect to see with a La Niña, and it won’t surprise me if we see a few more outbreaks of cold air this winter and even into spring as the La Niña diminishes and we go back to neutral conditions. You can…
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According to Drovers newsletter, Global methane emissions from agriculture and other sources have surged in recent years, threatening efforts to slow climate change, an international study has found. According to the study, methane production surged in 2007 and grew rapidly in 2014 and 2015. The causes of the surge are not well understood but are being…
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David Schmidt of our partner blog at Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate has a new blog post out. In it he discusses heat stress on livestock and why old ways of doing things may not be the best choice when new management techniques and technology are available. You can read it at https://animalagclimatechange.org/if-it-aint-broke/.