Animal Science

The University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Foundation inducted Eugene T. Lyons into the UK Equine Research Hall of Fame Sept. 23 at Keeneland Race Course along with George Allen, a posthumous inductee formerly of UK's Gluck Equine Research Center...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A shortage of food animal veterinarians in the U.S. is not expected to turn around anytime soon and could have implications for the quality of the nation's food supply. In areas where there are too few veterinarians overseeing...

Livestock feed has been the focus of considerable research at North Dakota State University in the past year. Field peas, hull-less barley and distillers grains are among the potential beef cattle feeds they've studied. They concluded that: ·...

Teresa Sonsthagen and Stacey Ostby have been named co-directors of North Dakota State University's Veterinary Technology program. They are licensed veterinary technologists in the program. This is the first co-director team that has been appointed...

Two beef cattle workshops, Beyond the Bunk and Beef College, combined this year to give producers a bigger program with more options. This daylong beef cattle workshop will be held Dec. 19 at the Best Western Doublewood Inn in Bismarck. It is a...

The people, places and organizations that make Northern Michigan a special place to live. Making a difference A group small in number but large in heart recently traveled to Ethiopia and made a big difference in the lives of hundreds of people. Six...

Becky Swiger was recently named the 2012 Emmet County 4-H Volunteer of the Year. The award was presented at the Oct. 27 Emmet County 4-H Awards program at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey. Swiger has been a club leader for 17 years. She was a 4-H...

Brookings - SDSU Extension and the South Dakota State University Animal Science Department, in conjunction with the Animal Science Departments and Extension at North Dakota State University and University of Minnesota, will host the Northern States Beef...

Landscape Design and Plant Selection Series — Wednesdays, Oct. 17 to Nov. 17, 7 to 9 p.m., plus a Saturday demonstration tour. The fee is $40 for the whole series, or $10 for each individual class. To register, call the Penn State Extension Office...

Emily Kline and Mary Berg have joined North Dakota State University's Carrington Research Extension Center as area Extension livestock environmental management specialists. They will be providing the information and education livestock producers need to...

South Dakota Stockgrowers Association and the South Dakota Cattlewomen awarded the Guy E Ham Beef Industry Scholarship to Amanda Kammerer during their convention on September 22. Amanda Kammerer is the daughter of Matt and April Kammerer of Rapid City....

A free mobile app developed by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences can help dairy farmers plow through financial planning by helping them track feed costs and income.   The DairyCents app, currently available on the Apple...