Author: Tanya Engel
Sunn hemp could be viable alternative to alfalfa or substitution in event of crop failure
Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) was grown for the first time in Wyoming in early July 2016, drilled into bone-dry powder in dryland ground at the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC) near Lingle.
Unfortunately, …
Stakeholder-driven studies in bountiful Thunder Basin flip the agriculture and natural resources research model
Conducting research that improves the land, and the lives of people who depend upon that land, is part of the mission of land-grant universities such as the University of Wyoming.
This has been traditionally accomplished in a researcher-driven model in …
Moving toward improved brucellosis vaccines
Efforts at University of Wyoming since 2005 evolve to combine basic gene discovery approaches with novel vaccine platforms
Brucellosis can cause elk, bison, and cattle to abort their fetuses, associated with a high risk of transmission after an animal has …
Ag businesses can use free social media tools to connect with hungry customers
Food shortages and panic at the grocery stores in response to the COVID‑19 pandemic have begun to change the way average grocery consumers think about sourcing their food.
As small ag producers know, there isn’t really a shortage of food, …
Side-by-sides seen as safer than ATVs but certainly not free from danger
Recreational Off-highway Vehicles (ROVs) – side-by-sides or UTVs – have become increasingly popular for many uses including recreation, construction, and agriculture.
Their versatility makes them a great tool for farms and ranches. Often, they are chosen over ATVs because, in …
Like pollinators and hate bloat and weeds? Think sainfoin – the honey crop
Sainfoin (SAN-foyn) is a perennial legume that boasts high nutrition, drought tolerance, and winter hardiness.
Introduced into northern Wyoming in 1974, sainfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia, has been a management option for livestock managers and producers wanting to windrow or strip …
How do you cope with anxiety and stress in your ag legacy?
No one will be surprised to read farm and ranch families experience stress from a wide variety of factors, including:
1. Operational stressors (equipment breakdowns, disease outbreaks, accidents, and government regulation),
2. Environmental influences (extreme weather events, early or late …
Ag community, county emergency collaboration advantageous to both
One reality has surfaced strongly in 25 years of responding to rural disasters and emergencies.
County emergency managers do not know what agriculture producers know intuitively about livestock, crops, resources and capability in rural areas.
All that really matters when …
Can agrivoltaic systems increase crop and livestock production?
Global electric energy demand could be met by converting just 1 percent of cropland to solar energy production, according to a recent study from Oregon State University.
Croplands in western America, southern Africa, and the Middle East have the highest …
Key components help build rural resiliency
Operation resilience in agriculture is the ability to adapt to and recover from not only market swings, crop production variations, and climate issues, but the effects of emergencies and disasters.
Impacts hitting agriculture and rural communities often end up being …
Research collaboration studies whether conservation-based agriculture boosts soil health, sufficient income to small-holder farmers in Sub-Sahara
The idea was conceived while sitting at a table drinking coffee and chatting about a recently released request for proposals funded by USAID (United States Agency for International Development) to conduct international studies in Feed the Future* countries.
We and …
