Can’t grow tomatoes in Wyoming? I do. Here’s how.
Fruit is the most popular vegetable in the home produce garden. Most everyone who wants to grow some (or all) of their own food wants to grow tomatoes. I even grew …
Here’s something we might not want to think about, but probably should: we’re just getting through the coronavirus pandemic, and now the wildfire season is within sight. That means many people’s emergency funds are depleted just when another emergency is …
University of Wyoming researchers are studying whether applying an insecticide early in the season and herbicide at the same time controls alfalfa weevils and helps prevent a field from becoming a buffet for pests and heartburn for farmers.
Some companies …
This year has been a “different” one for folks in Wyoming, including our cattle producers.
Live cattle prices have remained lower than usual, and the profitability window has been tight, especially for smaller operations. The value of retail beef has …
Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network advisers work with many business clients with cash flow and other financial management processes.
While that can be foreign to many folks, especially new businesses, agricultural businesses tend to be good at understanding …
Wyoming cattle producers John and Cindy Robb* in a previous installment looked into how Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) might work to limit at least some of the price risk in their operation.
They decided on a 21-week contract at 96 …
The 80-something Wyoming man walked into his house and his wife asked, “Why are you naked?”
Warmish, June temperatures had nothing to do with the answer, but the explanation is the take-away message University of Wyoming Extension pesticide safety education …
Last year was not kind to many Wyoming crop and livestock producers, and John and Cindy Robb’s Weston County cow-calf operation was no exception*.
Extreme winter and summer weather affected their calf numbers and weaning weights. Price declines beginning in …
The University of Wyoming’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) is working with early care and education (ECE) centers in Laramie County to encourage kids to grow gardens and lead them to eat more fruits and vegetables.
“The Cent$ible Nutrition Program contacted …
The year 2020 has brought a deep economic decline, the coronavirus – might as well bring on pestilence.
Miller moths – the adult stage of the army cutworm - are being reported in numbers not seen in Nebraska and Colorado …
Dinosaurs ruled these lands from 245 million to about 65 million years ago. You can see their fossils at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis or take a look at Big Al, the Allosaurus at the Geological Museum on the …
Wyoming ranchers have watched livestock markets suffer as a result of COVID-19 over the last few months.
While some producers saw immediate losses due to sharply lower markets, most were not in a position to market their livestock. The impacts …
Wyoming soil can present some challenges in soil type, pH, fertility levels, electrical conductivity (salt in the soil) and moisture.
There are some easy and inexpensive ways to amend soil for a successful vegetable garden. Start with a soil test …
Family and consumer sciences Assistant Professor Alyssa McElwain is among four recipients of the 2020-21 Faculty Engagement Fellowship awards.
McElwain received the Office of Engagement and Outreach’s (OEO) Malcolm Wallop Faculty Engagement Fellowship. The award is funded through the Malcolm …
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