More than 100 attended sessions at the High Plains Organic Farming Conference February in Cheyenne at Laramie County Community College. Producers opened the conference with their experiences in organic livestock systems, organic vegetable production and dryland organic grain production.
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WESTI Ag Days 2018 in Worland
Two days of sessions with an agricultural career fair filled this year’s WESTI Ag Days in Worland February 14-15. Speaker, producer, and consultant Trent Loos was the featured speaker to open ag days. He is a member of President Trump’s Ag Advisory Committee. An agricultural…
2018 Farm and Ranch Days in Riverton
Profitable ranching and an eye on the weather were the subjects of lunch speakers during Fremont County Farm and Ranch Days.
Conference offers beginning farmers, ranchers business succession information
Information to help beginning farmers and ranchers acquire land from retiring agricultural producers is being offered during a conference in Riverton hosted by the Rural Law Center in the University of Wyoming College of Law. The free event is 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, March 9,…
UW horse judging team finishes season in the top
The University of Wyoming horse judging team strung one strong finish after another last fall to complete the season in the top five at the All American Quarter Horse Congress and National Reining Horse Association and top 10 at the All American Quarter Horse World…
Science features $6 million bioenergy and carbon capture project
A February Science magazine article highlights the $6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) research project in which College of Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists are examining what the economies in the Upper Missouri River Basin might look like if raising biofuels and carbon capture technologies…
UW Extension bulletin details Wyoming irrigation methods, regulations
A new bulletin from the University of Wyoming Extension helps answer irrigation questions new or existing landowners in Wyoming might have. Extension educators and specialists and the mediation coordinator in the Wyoming Department of Agriculture collaborated to produce the 40-page “Wyoming Small Acreage Irrigation,” B-1306.…
Proposals Submitted
Balzan, Julie, and Denise Smith: $12,250 to Wyoming Department of Agriculture for “Safely Preserving Wyoming’s Specialty Crops.” Dhekney, Sadanand: $2,000 to Sun World International, LLC for “Optimizing In Vitro Culture Techniques for Grape Improvement.” Hansen, Kristiana, Brian Lee, Vivek Sharma, Caleb Carter, Nick Brozovic, and…
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Department of Plant Sciences Seminars
Seminars are Fridays, 1:10–2 p.m., Ag C building, room 2024.
Department of Molecular Biology Seminars
Seminars are Fridays, 2:10–3 p.m., Animal Science/Molecular Biology building, room 103.
Changing Face, Changing Places
Welcome Chapman, Tim: Laramie Research and Extension Center, greenhouse research associate (2/16) Kelley, Cherie: Ecosystem Science and Management, accountant (1/22)