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Dairy Specialist Says Avoiding Foot and Mouth Disease Is Everyone’s Responsibility (04/19/01) Even casual tourists and brief visitors to any country that has foot and mouth disease should be aware of the ease with which the disease can be spread. MORE Consumer's Show Little Concern Over Biotechnology Issues (04/19/01) Overall the view is fairly positive toward biotechnology says an NDSU Extension Service food and nutrition specialist. MORE AUDIO AUDIO Number of North Dakota Businesses Owned by Women Lags Nation (04/19/01) In 1997, 12,417 women-owned firms accounted for 22.5 percent of all nonfarm businesses in North Dakota, 5.7 percent of their employment and 3.3 percent of their receipts. MORE Specialist Offers Tips to Avoid Metabolic Disorders (04/19/01) As producers take their cows to higher levels of production, attention given during the transition period surrounding calving becomes more and more critical to high production, optimal health, and cow longevity, says dairy specialist J.W. Schroeder. MORE Injuries Sprout During Spring Field Work (04/19/01) The rush of preparing for spring tillage and planting often leads to strains, sprains and broken bones. Agricultural safety specialist George Maher offers tips to avoid springtime injuries. MORE Applicator Credits Available at Medora Spurgefest (04/19/01) Officials in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota have approved chemical applicator certification/re-certification credits for license-holders who attend Spurgefest II, scheduled for June 19-21 in Medora. MORE NDSU Meat Judging Team Takes Top Honors (04/19/01) The NDSU meat judging team achieved a first place finish at the Southeastern Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest in Louisville, Ky. Their win marks the first such accomplishment since the NDSU program’s inception in 1953. MORE BeefTalk: Your Feedlot Game Plan -- Is It Responsive to Your Situation? (04/19/01) A reader’s data points to the need to do your own pencil-pushing. What works one farm, may not work on another. But how can you know for sure? MORE Prairie Fare: Here's the Beef (04/19/01) American beef seems safe from BSE (mad cow disease), but backyard chefs should use sanitation and cook meat to safe temperatures to avoid other foodborne illnesses. MORE Plains Folk: Ranchers and Poets: Mustangs or Coyotes (04/19/01) Tom Isern reviews a singing cowboy poet’s new CD and comments about its message on the state and future of ranching. MORE Hortiscope (04/19/01) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening. MORE Market Advisor: Wheat Prices Moving Up (04/19/01) Minneapolis December futures may be able to challenge $3.80 this spring, a price not seen since last October. Crops economist George Flaskerud explains why. MORE |
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