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Alan Titchmarsh: A foolproof guide to growing wisteria

If you’ve been enviously eyeing the extraordinary wisteria on display across Britain this summer and wondering how you can grow your own, help is at hand. Alan Titchmarsh shares his advice for growing this most glorious of horticultural spectacles. There’s a lot to be said for a slow start to spring. Yes, it’s frustrating to […]

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Feral Swine Eradication Act introduced in the House

Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) has introduced H.R. 3984, the bipartisan, bicameral Feral Swine Eradication Act, with co-author Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30). This legislation extends the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program. Feral swine are consistently detrimental to farmers’, ranchers’ and foresters’ operations, raking in $1.5 billion in damages every year. The FSCP has seen a great deal of success in reducing […]

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Food inflation gives consumers a gut check

It’s summertime but the grilling isn’t easy. As families across America prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July with the time-honored tradition of a backyard barbecue, it’s hard to ignore that near-record food prices have taken a big bite out of household budgets. Up and down the supermarket aisles, it’s difficult to stomach the hefty price […]

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Margin calls in a rapidly rising market

The feeder cattle market has been on a tear since fall of 2022. In most markets, heavy feeders are selling for $30-$50/cwt. more than they were in the fourth quarter. The price improvement in calf markets has been even greater. The August Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures contract that was trading below $200/cwt. in […]

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Experts seek to mitigate effects of dry weather on cattle feeding

An impending drought caused by lower-than-average rainfall in the spring and summer seasons could result in inadequate forage yield for cattle producers in some parts of the U.S. A timely publication from Purdue University Extension, Agronomy and Animal Sciences titled “When Forages Are in Short Supply Because of Drought” outlines key management and feeding practices […]

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