Archive for October 2020
Trump Administration Invests $6 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Colorado
ReConnect Funding to Connect 264 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity DENVER, Colo., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
Read MoreForage Tests Help Manage Hay Costs
Mature hay is hay. It may be brome hay, prairie hay or any other type of hay. But in the end, it’s just hay until it’s been tested. Forage tests…
Read MorePatterson Named American Society of Animal Science Fellow
For nearly 25 years, David Patterson has helped Missouri cattlemen get the most out of their beef cattle operations. Patterson piloted the Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program early in his University…
Read MoreTrump Administration Invests $544,000 in High-Speed Broadband in Rural New York
ReConnect Funding to Connect 329 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity IRVING, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
Read MoreTrump Administration Invests $26.4 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma
ReConnect Funding to Connect 2,340 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity CHECOTAH, Okla., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
Read MoreThe Work to Controlling BVDV Transmission Begins with Biosecurity
Dr. Paul Walz, professor of pathology at Auburn University, has tremendous knowledge of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and how effective measures to controlling it starts with biosecurity, including the…
Read More“Chick” or Treat: Costumes Inspired by the Barnyard
Halloween: an opportunity for parents to squish their adorable children into itchy, feathery, sparkly works of art. Although there may not be much trick-or-treating in neighborhoods this year due to the pandemic, there…
Read MoreGray Wolf Removed From Endangered Species Act
Federal wildlife officials removed the gray wolf from the U.S. Endangered Species Act list on Thursday, saying the wolf population has recovered and the animal no longer needs federal protection.…
Read MoreUSDA Exempts Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final Alaska Roadless Rule that exempts the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 provision that prohibited…
Read MoreTrump Administration Invests $5 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Kentucky
ReConnect Funding to Connect 642 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity SOMERSET, Ky., Oct. 28, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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