The 2016 WESTI (Wyoming Extension’s Strategically and Technologically Informative) Ag Days in Worland presented 38 sessions Friday and Saturday, February 19-20. Sessions Friday focused on production agriculture, while Saturday session subjects were small-acreage and horticulture. The Washakie County Cowbelles, as they have at past WESTI…
Mentioning Jean Baptiste Lamarck and HIS theory of evolution during the celebration of Charles Darwin’s birthday February 12 might have drawn snickers from the “survival of the fittest” faithful. After all, didn’t Lamarck suggest organisms altered their behaviors in response to environmental changes and that…
Registration is open for University of Wyoming Extension’s 2016 Wyoming Bee College Saturday and Sunday, March 19-20, at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. (See bit.ly/BeeCollege.) The $75 conference fee includes all conference meals, drinks, and snacks. There is no charge for Bee Buddy children…
University of Wyoming Extension entomologist Alex Latchininsky says a wetter, warmer climate may contribute to future locust outbreaks like that harassing Argentinians and could also boost future grasshopper infestations in Wyoming and the west. Officials says Argentina is facing its largest plague in more than…
The professor who is head wrangler at the Wyoming Worm Lab and an assistant professor gaining national attention for grapevine research received research awards from the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station. The awards were presented in February on the UW campus during the WAES research and…
Outstanding staff and faculty members in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources were honored in December during its annual Employee Recognition Program. Dean Frank Galey presented Outstanding Employee Awards to Kelli DeCora, senior office assistant in animal science; Ann Roberson, University of Wyoming Extension…
The University of Wyoming Livestock Judging team posted its best scores since at least 1995 in all categories at the National Western Stock Show en route to its sixth-place finish among 24 teams, according to coach Caleb Boardman. The Denver competition January 14-15 was the…
Production in the High Plains is difficult and margins are slim, but raising certified organic crops could increase profit margins, according to Jay Norton, University of Wyoming Extension soils specialist who helped organize the February High Plains Organic Farming Conference in Cheyenne. The conference is…
Alternative meat cuts, cold-climate fruit trees, and legislation affecting raw milk sales give farmers, ranchers, and small-acreage owners ideas to chew on during the 32nd annual Fremont County Farm and Ranch Days in Riverton. Free, concurrent sessions are Wednesday and Thursday, February 10-11, in the…
More than 35 sessions, including presentations on soil health, native grasses for range and pasture and composting with worms, are part of WESTI Ag Days for agriculture producers Friday, February 19, and small-acreage landowners and gardeners Saturday, February 20, in Worland. WESTI (Wyoming Extension’s Strategically…
Farm Credit Services of America donated $160,000 to the University of Wyoming Foundation to fund an annual leadership class in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Dean Frank Galey and Doug Stark, CEO of Farm Credit Services of American, are teaching “Elements of Leadership”…
Fridays, 12:10-1 p.m., Animal Science/Molecular Biology building, room 103 – February 5: “Metabolic Adaptations in the Liver of the Growth Restricted Fetus,” Stephanie Weslowski, University of Colorado
Fridays, 2:10-3 p.m., Animal Science/Molecular Biology building, room 103 – February 5: “Development and Commercialization of Fermentative Isobutanol,” Chris Smith, Gevo, Inc. February 12: “An Adaptor Hierarchy Regulates Protein Destruction during the Bacterial Cell Cycle,” Peter Chien, University of Massachusetts Amherst February 19: “CodY Prioritizes…
Welcome: Evans, Mary: Platte County UW Extension, Cent$ible Nutrition Program assistant (1/4) Fitzgibbons, Stacey: Converse County UW Extension, 4-H educator (12/7) Powers, Mercedes: Goshen County UW Extension, administrative assistant (11/2) Radtke, Seth: Sweetwater County UW Extension, horticulture assistant (1/7) Farewell: Geiger, Milt: UW Extension, energy…
Beck, Jeffrey: $20,392 from Wyoming Game and Fish for “Sage-Grouse Histrionics,” and $12,323 from Wyoming Wildlife Consultants, LLC for “Population and Habitat Response of Greater Sage-Grouse to Wind Energy Development.” Collier, Timothy: $3,872 from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection…