HPJ staff will be covering the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Cattle Industry Convention Feb. 1 to 4 in Nashville, Tenn. Check out the blog at http://ncba.wordpress.com/ for coverage of the events. Interact with Journal staff in live chats on the blog as well as other social media outlets. Videos, photos and stories will be available on the blog. Go check it out!
The January cattle inventory report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed what everyone knew: The Southwest had a devastating drought, and disposed of millions
During the 2011 crop year, private crop insurance policies valued at over $113.5 billion covered more than 264 million acres of farmland, including all major
Riley Pagett, a Woodward, Okla., native, just finished serving as the 2010-2011 National FFA president. Although Pagett served as an Oklahoma State FFA officer
Another video released and another industry that has to spend time and effort defending its actions and standards. What HSUS did, instead, was provided
These industries fear potential interference to GPS receivers from the recently launched LightSquared communications network. The GPS community is concerned because testing has shown that
Fifteen years ago we began using different fertilizer rates for each individual field, and now we can fertilize each individual acre differently to optimize production
Erin Barnett with LocalHarvest, a California-based website dedicated to local food sources, said the buy local food movement is the result of a number of
This rule requires most schools to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free and low-fat fluid milk in school meals; reduce the
High Plains Journal staff covering NCBA Cattle Industry Convention
