Livestock such as cattle suffer from many infectious diseases farmers and veterinarians fight every day.
Parasites are one very important group of disease agents. Effective antiparasitic drugs help agriculture by …
Phosphorus (P) is essential to all life ranging from microorganisms, plants, and animals to human beings.
Phosphorus is a major structural component of bone, cell membranes, energy production and storage compounds adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and nucleic …
A 38-year employee of the University of Wyoming Extension in Uinta County has received the organization’s Administrative Professional of the Year Award.
Suzy Holmes was presented the honor Thursday, Sept. 12, in Lander during the annual UW Extension training conference.…
The Willwood Working Group No. 3 will provide an update on the Shoshone River Watershed plan during a public seminar 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Grizzly Room at the Park County Library in Cody.
The group has been …
Mary Jo sits down at her kitchen table with a potential buyer to negotiate the sale of her lambs.
She dislikes haggling over prices like many agricultural producers in Wyoming. She wonders if she will get a good deal compared …
Up to one million seeds per plant, growth of 3 inches per day and highly adaptive to environments and herbicides – Palmer amaranth has proven to be a weed of major concern.
Goshen County has the only known reports in …
Aspiring wool producers would support each other and draw expertise from established producers and from outside sources in an effort being crafted by the Wyoming Wool Growers Association and University of Wyoming Extension.
Established producers would offer their knowledge to …
Cheyenne area rancher Nina Haas walked slowly in the range grass, lush from summer rain, looking down at Dalmatian toadflax plants, and stopped.
Something had grabbed her attention, and she went down to one knee for a closer look. “There,” …
Preserving and passing the land on to future generations has been noted as one major reason ranchers stay in the livestock business despite its mental, physical, and financial hardships.
Although profit and economic incentives are not always the driving forces …
Biology is being rapidly transformed from an analytical to a synthetic, engineering discipline. For millennia, we have observed, described, and studied animals, plants, and microbes. We have tinkered with them for sure, …
The Hemp in Wyoming publication from the University of Wyoming Extension provides an overview of the annual herbaceous flowering crop, Cannabis Sativa.
When Cannabis Sativa is grown as a field crop for oil, food, or fiber, it is typically …
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources dean Barbara Rasco will be among the four panelists at the “NAFTA 2.0; The U.S., Mexico and Canada Agreement” discussion at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper.
The session is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. …
Fermentation is an ancient method of making food safer and last longer. Carbohydrates are converted to alcohol or organic acids through the actions of bacteria (or yeast) in an oxygen-free environment.
The presence of bacteria makes these foods a probiotic, …
Wyoming and Nebraska could suffer an $89 million economic loss if crops on the 107,000 acres affected by an irrigation tunnel collapse near Fort Laramie are a total loss, according to information from the University of Wyoming and Nebraska Extension …
Strong and complex passwords for accounts and two-factor identification are practices that can help avoid breaches from leaking your data, according to the personal finance management specialist with the University of Wyoming Extension.
Data breaches and password leaks have struck …
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