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 annual Ag Day Barbecue is noon-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, before the 3 p.m. kickoff of the Wyoming-Idaho football game.
Proceeds benefit College of Agriculture and Natural Resources student organizations at the University of Wyoming. The event is …
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. …
Saline soils cause growing issues, but the saline soils workshop at Monolith public access near Laramie Wednesday, Sept. 11, with the University of Wyoming Extension will provide tips and tricks to overcome these problems.
The session is 5:30-7 p.m.
“The …
A University of Wyoming Extension educator received the Friend of Agriculture award given out by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture at the Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo in Douglas Friday.
Hannah Swanbom was presented the honor from the WDA’s Natural …
Sheridan Research and Extension Center vineyard highlights are the focus of the “Grape Growing in Wyoming” workshop 5:15-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the center on the Sheridan College campus.
“We are really excited for this opportunity to highlight current …
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 …
The manager of the Wyoming Seed Certification Service is being recognized at the Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo for services provided to Wyoming farmers and ranchers.
Mike Moore is being presented the Wyoming Department of Agriculture’s Excellence as an Agriculture …
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