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12/03/2024
The Science of Color and Mood
The influence of color on emotions is profound and well-documented. Studies show that simply adding bright hues to your environment can foster feelings of joy, energy and happiness. Extending this concept to your food, the bright reds of tomatoes, the deep purples of eggplants, and the sunny yellows of bell peppers are not just a feast for the eyes but a boost to your mental health.
Nutritionist Carol Aguirre MS, RD/LDN, emphasizes the role of antioxidants in colorful fruits and vegetables in improving your psychological well-being. Indeed, the carotenoids in berries and leafy greens, for instance, prevent cranial inflammation and protect brain cells, subsequently reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety. This synergy between color and nutrition opens a natural pathway to uplifting your spirits and highlights the connection between dietary choices and emotional well-being.
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11/03/2024
With its long neck, big eyes, soft, curly hair, and a propensity to hum the alpaca is a curious creature to behold. Though its history is quite short in the United States, the alpaca has a long and interesting story in South America. Read on to learn more about this animal and its treasured fleece.
Native to South America, the alpaca is a member of the Camelidae family and is related to the llama, guanaco (an undomesticated species of the llama), and the vicuña (an undomesticated species of the alpaca). It is believed the alpaca was first domesticated in the Andes Mountain region between 6,000 and 7,000 years ago after being developed from the vicuña through breeding measures. Gentle but skittish, the alpaca has been raised for millennia most often for its fleece. Alpaca fleece has many desirable qualities including durability, strength, insulation, moisture resistance, softness, and a light weight. This combination of qualities helped the alpaca thrive in the sometimes harsh conditions of the Andes.
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10/03/2024
Dirt-cheap gardening doesn’t just end once seeds are planted and growing. Take it to the next level if you dare.
Learn to compost at home for better soil health. Chat with your extension agent at the Cooperative Extension Service; chances are they are putting on a composting clinic in your area sometime soon.
If you haven’t heard, swapping is a great way to get more bang for your buck. Here are some great swap ideas.
Swap your extra seeds and plants with friends. If you want to grow many plants, flowers and vegetables, consider getting together with friends and having a seed swap. Seed packets come with many more seeds than you need, so swapping the extras is a great way to get more variety for less money.
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08/03/2024
Women make up 36% of the total number of U.S. farm operators
56% of all farms have at least one female decision-maker.
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07/03/2024
Like others, Beth Pugh Farrell was born into agriculture. Her home in Piney Creek, North Carolina was half a mile from her maternal grandparents who owned a farm called Ridgeway Dairy. Her paternal grandparents also lived nearby and grew burley to***co and tended a large garden each year. “Farming was something we did as a family – from helping feed cows, to milking, to setting to***co and stripping it,” said Beth. “Those memories (and the hard work!) are where my love of agriculture began.”
Her love of agriculture was also fostered by her involvement in 4-H and FFA growing up. As a kindergartener, Beth attended her first Piney Creek Helping Hands 4-H Club meeting, and she remained an active member through college. When she was older, she also became a member of Alleghany High School’s FFA chapter. Beth enjoyed the opportunities both organizations gave her to connect with other young leaders, some of whom she still crosses paths with today. “It’s amazing how many folks you meet along the way that you can create an immediate bond with because of these programs – even if you weren’t active in the same state,” she shared. Beth also mentioned that many of the skills she learned in 4-H and FFA continue to help her. “So many of the lessons learned through 4-H and FFA continue to benefit my career – from running effective meetings, to public speaking, to finding meaningful ways to collaborate to solve problems, and in a thousand other ways,” she said.
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06/03/2024
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05/03/2024
March has arrived, and with it comes the maple-producing season! This annual event is a sign of spring in many places and unseasonably warm temperatures (at least in the northeast) have led to an early start for sugarmakers in many parts this year. Read on to learn more about this rustic tradition.
Maple production, or sugarmaking, is derived by concentrating the sap of the sugar maple tree (acer saccharum). In the late winter and early spring as the seasons change temperatures fluctuate between being below freezing and above freezing. This fluctuation in temperatures causes the sap within the trees to flow and freeze. During this time sugarmakers tap trees to collect sap as it runs. Even though sugar maple trees grow in many areas, the temperature fluctuations and consistent freezing and thawing of the sap are necessary to make maple products. This confines maple production mainly to states in the Northeast and Upper Midwest in the United States, and in the Central and Eastern Provinces of Canada, predominantly in Québec. After collection sap is boiled to evaporate the water content out the sap leaving maple syrup.
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05/03/2024
“These donations will go directly to those who need them as soon as possible,” said Monty Dozier, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension Disaster Assessment Recovery, DAR, program director, Bryan-College Station. “Texans are known for their generosity and deep values of Texas agriculture during times of need. This is certainly a situation where our neighbors and friends are needing assistance after these fires have threatened their livelihoods.”
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02/03/2024
Return of the Happy Desk Lunch: Office Workers Revive a Workplace Ritual
🥪73% of office workers planned to bring their lunch to work just as often, or even more often, in 2024.
🥪68% of Gen Z office workers are more likely to bring their work lunches from home as a cost-saving measure.
🥪43% revealed they felt more productive when they brought their own meals from home or consumed take-out dishes at their desks.
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02/03/2024
CDC estimates Salmonella bacteria causes about:
🥚1.35 million infections,
🥚26,500 hospitalizations, and
🥚420 deaths in the United States every year.
Despite their appearance in everyday meals and snacks, the truth is that raw eggs and egg products can carry Salmonella and cause foodborne illness and outbreaks, and even death, in some circumstances. But researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently found a way to combat this through Radio Frequency (R.F.) technology.
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01/03/2024
“The Smokehouse Creek Fire is closing in on becoming the largest fire on record in Texas,” Commissioner Miller said. “These fires not only threaten lives and property but will also have a substantial impact on our agriculture industry. Over 85% of the state’s cattle population is located on ranches in the panhandle. There are millions of cattle out there, with some towns comprising more cattle than people. The losses could be catastrophic for those counties. Farmers and ranchers are losing everything.”
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29/02/2024
What comes around every four years?
Not yelling while farming with Family? Or is that just an urban myth?
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28/02/2024
Who can resist a strawberry from the fields on a late spring day? Especially when it is bursting with flavor and can be incorporated into smoothies, desserts, syrups, preserves or just a raw, healthy snack.
The truth is that not many can turn down a fresh strawberry. That’s why the Agricultural Research Service’s (USDA-ARS) strawberry breeding program in Beltsville, Md. is shaking up your day with news of a new cultivar called Lumina that produces lustrous bright red strawberries that are large and sweet.
Enjoy this delicious recipe for
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27/02/2024
Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s environmental policies limit their business and make their products more expensive than non-EU imports.
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24/02/2024
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24/02/2024
“If you would’ve told anybody we’d produce a record corn crop in the middle of June, people would have thought you were crazy,” says Brian Weihmeir, LG Seeds agronomist for the southern half of Illinois. He wasn’t alone. Agronomists around the Corn Belt marveled at the crop’s ability to yield in the face of dryness, a testament to the dramatic gains in hybrids’ stress tolerance.
“2023 taught us that no matter how doom-and-gloom the outlook or how bad the crop looks, it’s not over until the combines roll through,” Weihmeir says. “Those who stuck with their game plan saw it pay off huge.”
Good weather to start and end the growing season, along with a timely July rain, helped farmers in southern Illinois bring in a truly impressive crop. Featured hybrid is LG68C18. (Courtesy photo)
Ideal weather to start and end the season bolstered Illinois’ corn crop
Yields were fantastic and well above expectations for farmers in southern Illinois. Weihmeir says a lot can be attributed to the start of the growing season. “Many farmers had a 10- to 14-day window to get their crop in,” Weihmeir explains. “Because we had such a wide window, farmers weren’t pushing the envelope. They were able to take their time, make sure soil conditions were fit and then hit the ground running. They set themselves up for a very good growing season.”
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23/02/2024
Katrina Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for trachea tubes. And she thinks those products could forever alter the landscape of agriculture in the United States.
Cornish, a professor at Ohio State University who studies rubber alternatives, isn’t the only one pouring energy into alternative crops like that desert shrub, guayule, or the rubber dandelions that bloom with yellow petals in the greenhouse where Cornish works. In Arizona, too, guayule thrives amidst drought, its blue-green leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone. And in Nebraska and other parts of the central U.S., green grasses of sorghum spring up, waving with reddish clusters of grains.
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22/02/2024
Here at Morning Ag Clips we are celebrating by looking back in time!
Can you name these present and past FFA members from Morning Ag Clips?
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21/02/2024
Are you a fan of our Beef Blueprints column?
The team of experts at IGS is excited to answer any of your cattle genetic questions.
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20/02/2024
"Cultivate peace and harmony with all" - George Washington
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17/02/2024
The history of the American West is full of characters who lived lives worthy of the era’s billing as the “Wild West.” One of these individuals was an African-American cowboy named Bose Ikard. Though the facts of his life are scattered and only one known photograph of him exists, he left a mark on one of the most well-known cattle trails and is one example of the many black cowboys who rode the trail in the time of cattle drives.
Bose Ikard was born into slavery in either 1843 or 1847 in Noxubee County, Mississippi. Ikard’s mother was a slave and his father was thought to be his master, Dr. Milton Ikard. For his first few years, the Ikard family lived in Union Parish, Louisiana. In 1852 the Ikards moved further west settling in Parker County, Texas, near the town of Weatherford. Following the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, an influx of people settled in Texas which offered plentiful lands for farming and cattle ranching. The Ikards likely moved to Texas to cash in on this opportunity.
Growing up, Bose farmed and worked cattle for the Ikard family. Parker County was on the edge of Texas’ frontier. Beyond this territory was land inhabited by Comanche and Kiowa Native American tribes. Being so close to this frontier, Bose grew up knowing of the dangers of ranching like bad weather, raids by Native Americans, stampedes, and more. The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865 bringing a Union victory and the end of slavery. After being deemed free, Bose remained working with his former master before accepting an offer to work with rancher Oliver Loving on the Goodnight-Loving Trail.
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15/02/2024
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14/02/2024
Valentine’s Day is here and one of the most popular gifts to give on the holiday are flowers. Valentine’s Day is the biggest holiday for florists and the top choice of flower to give is the rose. Around 250 million roses are grown for the holiday each year! The rose has been around for centuries and has attracted people through time for its beauty, scent, and variety.
Of the Rosaceae family the rose is considered one of the oldest known flowers having been found in the fossil records of several geologic epochs. The oldest known rose fossil was discovered in the Florissant Fossil Beds located in Colorado in 1883. The rose is believed to have originated in Central Asia before spreading across the northern hemisphere. Rose domestication likely began in China around 3000 B.C. Roses remained important and popular throughout Chinese history. The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucious mentioned rose gardens as part of the royal family’s Imperial Palace around 500 B.C. Rose production was also widespread in China during the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.).
Other ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean Sea and in the Middle East grew and used roses for various purposes.
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13/02/2024
It's never too late to get your valentine a cow!
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12/02/2024
Christie Wiebbecke’s journey in agriculture started with goats. Originally from Traer, Iowa, Christie grew up on a homestead that raised dairy goats. Part of her upbringing involved the regular milking of goats and showing them at local fairs. Christie’s father owned and operated a seed and chemical business. When she was older Christie helped out in the office and kept the books for the business.
Christie attended Iowa State University originally planning to study sociology and have a career outside of agriculture. However, in the summer prior to her first year of college, she had the chance to work with a soybean breeder. Working as a “crosser” she manually pollinated soybean plants crossing male and female plants in greenhouses and out in fields. Having never really realized the research side of agriculture that went into the crops that grow in the field, Christie saw the industry in a whole new light and was intrigued. She changed her major to agronomy in her second semester leaning in to the science behind agriculture.
Upon graduating Christie did not immediately enter the field of agriculture. She shared, “On my graduation day as I was about to walk the stage to receive my diploma one of my mentor professors said, ‘You should really consider being a teacher, Christie.’” Her mother was a teacher and she had always been interested in education. So, she decided to get a master’s in education and was a science teacher at a school in the Mojave Desert in California. Christie enjoyed her four and a half years as a teacher and was able to incorporate ag material into her classes.
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11/02/2024
We all know that farmers are the worst to shop for! Or make plans with! Or be on time for anything!
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10/02/2024
A ship carrying thousands of livestock that has been stranded at sea for almost a month has finally docked in Australia, where welfare concerns mean some of the animals are expected to be offloaded.
About 16,500 sheep and cattle have been stowed on the MV Bahijah since Jan. 5, when it sailed for the Middle East from the western Australian port of Fremantle before it was ordered by the government, two weeks into its journey, to turn around due to the ongoing Yemen Houthi rebels attacks in the Red Sea.
Since Monday the vessel had been sitting off the west Australian coast as concerns grew for the welfare of the animals on board. It finally docked at Fremantle on Thursday, 25 days after it had set off from the same port.
Authorities are now rushing to form contingency plans for how to safely offload and quarantine at least some of the livestock with heatwave conditions in the region adding to the challenge.
On Wednesday, authorities sent two veterinarians onto the vessel to inspect the animals, but they found no significant health or welfare issues among the livestock.
“That provides additional confidence that the livestock are in good condition and have appropriate care and supervision,” said Beth Cookson, Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer. “It also confirmed that there were no signs of exotic disease present in the livestock on board the vessel.”
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09/02/2024
Have you ever tasted the delicacy that is ostrich meat? Me neither, but many out there enjoy the wondrous products ostrich farming brings to the U.S. market. This alternative livestock is known for its red meat, large eggs, festive feathers, and durable leather products. Yet, do you know much about ostrich farming in general?
You may see an ostrich here or there at the fair, in the circus, or at the zoo. These large creatures have a sort of menacing look to them and many pass on by without ever thinking of them as a part of the livestock industry, but they are. Read on to learn more about ostrich farming in the U.S. and the many ostrich products consumed daily.
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