Farm Help

Where to Hunt and Fish, LLC, is providing an opportunity for landowners/ranchers to derive income from their land. A new online site is set up to provide a service for landowners to allow hunting and fishing on their property for a fee. Where to Hunt and Fish, LLC, is the brainchild of two young men from Arkansas, Jeremy Schreckhise and Barry Rowton.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture will use a $500,000 2-year grant from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development to study the feasibility of establishing a training institute to prepare newly graduated veterinarians for large-animal medicine in rural areas.

The Bolivar Mo., High School auditorium was filled with over 600 people recently to hear what Missouri’s lawmakers plan to do, now that Proposition B (the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act) narrowly passed Nov. 2, 2010. Lawmakers in attendance were Senator Bill Stouffer of the 21st District, Speaker of the House Rep. Ron Richards, Senate Leader Robert Mayer and U.S. Congressman Billy Long.

When calves are scarce and prices are high, interest in preconditioning programs – despite data showing their economic benefits – is diminished.

Photosensitization in horses is easy to detect and easy to treat. What may not be so easy is identifying the cause.

All natural and organic are terms that can be applied to different theories of animal agriculture.

Someone new to the business of raising sheep or goats or an old pro can benefit from advance planning. Steve Jones, Associate Professor of Livestock at University of Arkansas Extension in Little Rock offers some practical advice for the coming months.

Proper nutrition before, during and after calving season is a key element in achieving reproductive success in a beef cattle herd.

Trichomoniasis is a reproductive disease in cattle caused by a protozoan parasite that results in early pregnancy loss. It is passed from bull to female during breeding and infected bulls show no symptoms.

Cold weather means different feed needs, and Ronnie Edwards, manager of Powell Feed & Pet Supply in Harrison, Ark, counsels his customers to take heed of their animals’ requirements.