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NDSU Extension, SDSU Extension hosting alternative beef cow systems symposium

Farmers and ranchers interested in expanding their cow herd or considering alternative production practices due to limited perennial pastures and rangeland are the target audience for the Dakota Alternative Beef Cow Systems Symposium, a joint meeting between North Dakota State University Extension and South Dakota State University Extension. The one-day event is scheduled for Feb. […]

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On the night watch: The lives of Britain’s nocturnal creatures

As the diurnal delights of the animal kingdom slip into a deep slumber, John Lewis-Stempel explores the velvety black shadows where the wild things are. When the black velvet curtain drops, the farmyard, the meadow, the hill, the river remain the same theatrical stage. But the cast changes at night. Where swallows lacily wheeled around […]

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My Favourite Painting: Victoria Vyvyan

CLA President Victoria Vyvyan selects a religious engraving by Albrecht Dürer. Victoria Vyvyan on her choice, ‘Saint Jerome in his Study’, by Albrecht Dürer ‘St Jerome’s study is so peaceful and domestic—and so human. The little fat dog is lying in a patch of sun, snoozing next to the benevolent lion. Did the lion insist […]

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The greatest estates sold around Britain in the last 12 months

Farms and estates did not lose their appeal in 2023, with some local buyers and even a happy ending to a long-running Cornish dispute. Penny Churchill takes a look. Direct support for English farmers may be on the way out, but there’s still a huge appetite for land and estates among investors, lifestyle buyers, farmers […]

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Unprecedented deluge hits Cunnamulla | Queensland Country Life

Sally Gall Senior journalist – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region – its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you’ve got a story idea for me. Based at […]

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Farm Progress America, January 8, 2024

Mike Pearson takes a look at the decision made in late December by the U.S. EPA to rescind the ban on Chlorpyrifos. It’s the culmination of a back and forth between farm groups and the EPA. Back in 2022, a court banned the chemical, Chlorpyrifos because it felt protections were needed to protect infants and […]

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