ALPA auction raises $60k for melanoma trials
ALPA dinner and charity auction held on Thursday night. Click to check the original article.
Reducing mature weight and increasing cow productivity
By Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension The increasing mature weight of beef cows in the United States is concerning. Larger cows have higher nutrient requirements. Improving the efficiency, sustainability and profit potential of commercial cow calf production involves reducing feed costs while improving pounds of calf weaned. Reducing the mature weight of beef cows […]
A bona fide country house in London, complete with a coach house, gardens, and an Aga in the kitchen
For those who can’t decide between London and the country, this house provides the answer. (So long as you have rather deep pockets.) The traditional check list of ‘things you’d like included in your next country house’ is no doubt quite extensive. Sash windows is probably on there, as are fireplaces, an Aga and a […]
A walk across the Cheshire Plain, the 200-million-year-old landscape where yesterday’s old industrial sites are today’s nature reserves
Fiona Reynolds heads out for a walk on the Cheshire Plain, where industry and farming are juxtaposed to startling effect. The Cheshire Plain has always, to me, evoked dairy farming. Its huge, flat landscape is neatly enclosed by hedgerows and interspersed with tall, handsome red-brick farmhouses, a sign of a prosperous farming past. It’s still like […]
Collaboration studies cause, development of liver abscesses in cattle
Scientists from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Texas Tech University, Kansas State University, and West Texas A&M University are collaborating on finding reliable and repeatable liver abscess models to learn the triggers in cattle that not only negatively impacts animal well-being but also causes liver condemnations and may lead to increased carcass trimming and […]
A converted reservoir in Devon that might be the UK’s most interesting holiday home
With some 7,500sq ft of space and room for 16 guests, Woolbrook Reservoir in Sidmouth is a unique property that has to be seen to be believed. There are many properties that come across the Country Life Online Property Desk. You can get quite numb to it all. A doric column here, a classical façade […]
RFW's Ride for Country Kids raises $350k
RFW celebrates its 10th Ride for Country Kids. Click to check the original article.
Young family gives pasture-raised eggs a go to help fund first rural block
The Dingle family shares property plans with eggs and cattle. Click to check the original article.
How to farm without diesel: Electric cherry farm a world first
Everything from irrigation to the 20 farm vehicles is powered by solar and the grid. Click to check the original article.
Miley O'Brien claims Grand Champion Parader
Beef Cattle Paraders took to the ring on Thursday. Click to check the original article.
Steer sells for record-tying price at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Simmental steers repeats history at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Click to check the original article.
Tom Parker Bowles on the classic English food that’s ‘never dull, comforting, and impossible to resist’
We defy you to Tom Parker Bowles’s puddings piece and not hanker after a steak and kidney pudding. Thankfully, Tom also shares the late Gary Rhodes’s recipe for exactly that. Pudding Lane. Best known as the flashpoint for the Great Fire of London, but also one of those thoroughfares that beguile with the easy allure […]