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Larson-Meyer recives award from Frank Galey and Bret Hess

Larson-Meyer, Guo earn Agricultural Experiment Station research awards

A University of Wyoming professor advancing understanding of nutrition’s role in the performance of casual exercisers to elite athletes and an assistant professor seeking to improve meat quality by investigating prenatal influences in livestock have received research awards.

uweagnews March 22, 2018

Grasshopper management team nets UW Extension Creative Excellence Award

UW entomologists began to explore efficient, economical, and less hazardous methods for grasshopper control in the 1990s under the leadership of Professor Jeff Lockwood. Now their integrated pest management methods have been adopted in 17 Western states and in countries from Mexico and Argentina to Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Australia.

uweagnews March 22, 2018

Mortar Board selects four as ‘Top Profs’

Four from the College and Agriculture and Natural Resources were honored as “Top Profs” by members of the University of Wyoming’s senior honor society.

uweagnews March 22, 2018

College part of regional $6 million biofuel, carbon capture modeling project

Agricultural economists in the college will generate models of what economies in the Upper Missouri River Basin might look like if raising biofuels and carbon capture technologies were implemented.

uweagnews March 22, 2018

6 team members and coach pose in a line outside for group photo.

UW Horse Judging Team finishes a winning season

The University of Wyoming Horse Judging Team earned fifth at the National Reining Horse Association Collegiate Judging Contest in Oklahoma City November 30 – UW’s best performance ever at that competition.

uweagnews March 22, 2018

11 people standing behind table full of awards and ribbons.

UW Livestock Judging Team records best finish in 30+ Years

The 2017 University of Wyoming Livestock Judging Team finished eighth at the North American International Livestock Exposition in November in Louisville, Kentucky.

uweagnews March 22, 2018

College honors award recipients during Ag Appreciation Weekend

The college’s award recipients were recognized at the dean’s banquet and on the football field during Ag Appreciation Weekend last fall.

uweagnews March 22, 2018

Kyle Despain winning catach-a-calf in Denver.

Wyoming 4-H’er wins Denver stock show catch-a-calf competition

Albany County 4-H’er Kyle Despain and his market steer entry won the Catch-A-Calf competition at the National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show in Denver in January.

uweagnews March 21, 2018

‘Promoting Pollinators On Your Place: A Wyoming Guide’ now available

The guide provides information on various pollinators in Wyoming, their life cycles, and ways to promote their well-being. Promoting crop pollination with pollinators is also covered. The guide includes an introduction to beekeeping in Wyoming.

uweagnews March 21, 2018

Educational focus why more than 700 attend Range Beef Cow Symposium, organizers say

More than 700 attended the Range Beef Cow Symposium last November in Cheyenne, drawn by the information geared toward producers.

uweagnews March 21, 2018

Ag student’s death in 1922 commemorated with campus fountain but memorial and legacy faded with time

There is no marker. If not for a memorial fountain greeting those treading onto and off the University of Wyoming campus, no one would know of 23-year-old Lowell O’Bryan, who died in 1922 when Prexy’s Pasture really was a pasture and remnants of real cowboys were visible but fading into the Old West.

uweagnews March 15, 2018