Wyoming isn’t wine country (though some intrepid growers might disagree). It’s wool country.
As of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, Wyoming ranked number one in domestic wool production. But most of that wool is sold as a commodity in an international market, leaving the state before it is processed.
The Wyoming Wool Initiative sees this situation as an opportunity. It all started with a simple question, explains Whit Stewart, head of the UW Sheep Program and co-founder of the project: How do we help people get more for their wool?
Wyoming landowners, farmers and ranchers are encouraged to attend upcoming public meetings on critical aging irrigation infrastructure in their communities. Much of the state’s irrigation
The mission of Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) is to support rural communities and provide reliable, consistent credit and financial services to agricultural operations.
“My name is Ann Ramsay and my mother was the most wonderful mother in the whole world, Elizabeth McCabe,” says the recent donor of a
It’s not every day that a high school student from Victoria, Australia, winds up in small-town Wyoming. But that didn’t faze Craig Alford, who first
When 14-year-old Larry Prager attended sheep shearing school as part of a UW Extension program, he didn’t know that one day he’d become CEO of
As we approach fall and winter, several producers will start grazing their cover crops/ annual forages. Others may have already harvested their annual forages and
Many of this year’s ag ambassador blogs have been very helpful to incoming and current students. Ambassadors have discussed topics such as self-love and finding
This spring break, I did a wide variety of activities with other students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. We hiked around southern
Growing up and living in rural Wyoming, I experience the amazing diversity of the production agriculture that surrounds me. We start the year waiting for
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