Author: Brooke Ortel

The University of Wyoming Extension will offer a seminar on alkaline soil management Wednesday, Feb. 14, through Thursday, Feb. 15, in Cody. Virtual attendance options are also available.

In 2011, one of the deadliest outbreaks of food poisoning in recent U.S. history erupted. From a scientific perspective, the situation was not only troubling, but downright baffling—how did the bacteria survive for days, likely weeks, on the surfaces of cantaloupes?

There’s no vaccine, no effective treatment—and the disease is uniformly fatal. That’s the current reality for bison producers whose animals contract malignant catarrhal fever (MCF). 

Don’t underestimate a mother’s influence. Especially when it comes to the microbiomes of her reproductive tract and rumen. 

Vegetarian bears are stressed?   Well, it’s not quite that simple, but a study led by associate professor David Christianson suggests a positive correlation between stress hormones and herbivory in Yellowstone bears.  

A new publication by the University of Wyoming Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics reports that economic activity related to agricultural production contributed $2.526 billion to Wyoming’s economy in 2021.

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approved a new Bachelor of Science degree program in ranch management and agricultural leadership (RMAL) Thursday, Nov. 16.

As part of a multi-state team, the University of Wyoming Extension’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) recently earned national recognition for its efforts to connect people facing food insecurity with local produce.

The University of Wyoming’s Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management (REWM) program is one of 14 accredited rangeland ecology and management undergraduate degree programs in western North America.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently appointed a UW faculty member to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).

Iron is one of those things you—and most life forms on the planet—can’t do without. But how does this essential nutrient help your body fight off pathogens like the foodborne parasite Toxoplasma gondii?  

32 countries, 90 research sites, 1 groundbreaking experiment: What does a retirement community of plants look like?

Jeff Beck, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, is an editor and co-author of the new open-access book Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Wyoming rancher, veterinarian, and legislator Kurt Bucholz believed in allocating irrigation water according to statutes, not squabbles.

Buffalo native Ben Hostetler didn’t set out to become a leader in the wool industry. Mountain Meadow Wool, a regional mill and wool-processing facility, was his mother’s dream.