A plant’s metabolism and composition are changed with freezing temperatures and forage quality is reduced. But there may be more serious effects.

A plant’s metabolism and composition are changed with freezing temperatures and forage quality is reduced. But there may be more serious effects. With silage, the prussic acid will decrease with ...

Plants that contain cyanogenic glucoside, such as forages in the sorghum family, produce larger amounts of cyanide (prussic acid) when damaged by frost. Prussic acid interferes with oxygen utilization ...

Established in 2022, the award is in honor and memory of Preston Pettit and his passion for breeding, raising, and showing his Red Angus herd and developing his Preston Pettit Red Angus (“PPRA”) brand ...

AMES, Iowa – A harvest of farm business management courses for women is being offered this fall. The Women Managing Crops course begins Nov. 5 in Knoxville. The Women Managing Farm Finances course ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The country’s largest university-sponsored organic conference will return Nov. 25 to the University of Iowa in Iowa City. A joint effort of Iowa State University Extension and ...

AMES, Iowa – Preparing honeybee colonies for surviving the winter is an important task for beekeepers in northern states, according to Randall Cass, a bee specialist with Iowa State University ...

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The I-29 Moo University Dairy Webinar Series continues Thursday, Oct. 17 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. CDT, with Dr. Jeffrey Bewley discussing how conformation relates to Holstein milk ...

Please help us welcome Buddi Thompson as our new Mills County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Youth Coordinator! Thompson comes to Mills County Extension with 10 years of experience ...

Farm families face challenges related to retirement planning and implementation similar to other small businesses. This document addresses two primary challenges. They are the visualization of a ...