Specialty cut flower production is an opportunity to add valuable commodities for Wyoming growers, serve local economies, and diversify Wyoming’s economic base with horticultural crops.
Flower production can also provide biological benefits by providing nutrition and shelter …
The Rocky Mountain Youth Entrepreneur Series created by University of Wyoming Extension 4-H educators to help youths develop a local food business launches with its first meeting in March.
Educators involved in the project are Kellie Chichester in Niobrara County, …
An assistant lecturer with more than 10 years’ college teaching experience and in extension has joined the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Wyoming.
Liz Moore joined the department this semester in the College of Agriculture and Natural …
Eight Wyoming 4-H’ers exhibited their Catch-A-Calf projects at the National Western Stock Show early in January despite COVID-19 cancellations.
“This program year looked very different from a typical year,” said Molly Keil, superintendent of the NWSS Catch-A-Calf program and a …
The University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources welcomes two new faculty members to the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Sarah Lee and Grace Shearrer both started Jan. 11. Lee is a lecturer in the human development …
University of Wyoming researchers are surveying Wyoming cattle and sheep producers about pests tormenting their livestock.
“The goal of this survey is to understand the current degree of external parasitism, prevalent external parasites, diagnosis, and treatment methods in Wyoming livestock …
Contributing decades of improvement to the quality of life within her community and across the state has earned this University of Wyoming Extension community development educator the Friend of Community Development award.
Mary Martin, based in Teton County, was first …
A new season of interactive Zoom/Facebook Live sessions begins Jan. 29 with hosts and expert guests offering information and answering questions on a number of resource topics in Wyoming.
Barnyards & Backyards Live! is presented by a team from the …
A University of Wyoming molecular biologist whose research focus is tardigrades will participate in the first Story Time from Space live program Tuesday beamed from the International Space Station.
Thomas Boothby is joining a live downlink for children featuring a …
A livestock herd’s profitability depends on the ability of a mother animal, cows in this case, to breed up, carry a calf to term, successfully provide for the calf, and breed back up again the next year.
Long-term research at …
Now is a great time to take a look at the past year and consider what is working well in your operation.
You can also examine areas of opportunity where you might be able to reduce risk, improve production, streamline …
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, …
Prairie dogs woven into Thunder Basin Grasslands Ecosystem detrimental to ranching if too many, but too few and dependent wildlife disappear.
Black-tailed prairie dogs are one of the most charismatic and conflict-ridden critters you will ever meet.
Their charisma comes …
Romantic relationships are common sense, right?
Not exactly.
Just because romantic relationships seem to come naturally does not mean we are naturally good at them. Many young people lack good examples of healthy relationships in their families, peer groups, or …
Cattle and/or sheep grazing or chewing their cud is a sign of productive, healthy, ruminant animals.
These ruminants convert Wyoming forages into high-quality, Wyoming-raised beef, lamb, wool, and more. Microbial fermentation in the rumen converts even low-quality forages into …
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