Coronavirus is taking a bite out of local businesses on Main Street and now the implications for agriculture are beginning to take shape, said the rural entrepreneurship specialist with University of Wyoming Extension.
Those implications include falling commodity prices affecting …
Donated personal protection equipment (PPE) from various departments and offices in the University of Wyoming’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is being collected and taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie.
John Connett in the Department of Ecosystem Science …
Social distancing is a necessary precaution to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but that doesn’t mean communities can’t stay connected, especially with older adults, said a gerontologist with the University of Wyoming.
About 11.7 percent of Wyoming is …
Wyomingites need to respond aggressively to the coronavirus rapidly disrupting jobs, said a University of Wyoming Extension personal finance specialist.
Gov. Mark Gordon’s order to close public spaces meant those who work in the entertainment, restaurant and bar, travel, retail …
Here’s how one University of Wyoming Extension educator surveying malting barley markets in the Big Horn Basin and an extension agricultural economics scientist browsing a table recipe book in France came to the same conclusion.
Their idea to bring ancient …
Researchers at the University of Wyoming hope a $340,000 grant to study the effects of compost on a number of factors in southeast Wyoming will also address a problem sprouting for organic wheat producers.
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources …
Wyoming food network proponents will meet tomorrow, Thursday, via teleconference taking the second step toward creating infrastructure they say could put local food on kitchen tables, money in producer pockets and pump revenue through Wyoming economies.
The move springs from …
Wyoming students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources are using satellite images from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to gauge and improve lands owned by their families.
Photographs are from years of satellite collection and offered free by …
An agricultural and applied economics faculty member at the University of Wyoming whose career exemplifies research, outreach, teaching and service is this year’s recipient of the Andrew Vanvig Lifetime Distinguished Faculty Award in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.…
Study manuals for commercial pesticide applicator licenses are now available in 80 public libraries and community college libraries across the state.
The study materials can help licensees prepare for examinations proctored by University of Wyoming Extension county personnel.
Commercial applicators …
Rookies new to cooking that Thanksgiving turkey may get a fresh how-to, and holiday kitchen veterans could view extra insights into other cooking methods in a short, animated learning activity from the University of Wyoming Extension.
“Let’s Talk Turkey” takes …
A new publication providing guidance to landowners for burning irrigation ditches is now available from the University of Wyoming Extension.
Burning Irrigation Ditches, B-1351, provides landowners an overview of using fire as a management tool, equipment needs and operations, …
Three new faculty members have brought new expertise and are using a variety of experimental techniques in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Wyoming, according to the department head.
Professor Peter Thorsness said assistant professors Eunsook Park, …
A new publication detailing the ecology and management of prairie dogs in Wyoming is available from the University of Wyoming Extension.
Prairie Dog Ecology and Management in Wyoming, B-1346, presents a comprehensive assessment of prairie dogs and their distribution …
A University of Wyoming Extension educator’s publication was selected national winner by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents.
What’s in your toolbox by Jeff Edwards won over 107 other entries in national competition. The 20-page, full-color bulletin recommends options …
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