The Hoof Cowboy - Interview with Jeremy Wood
Jeremy Wood did not grow up around agriculture. His dad worked in a bank, his mother was a schoolteacher, and they lived in a small town in northern Utah. However, he always loved animals and the f...
Managing Methane Production With Feed Additives
Methane gas produced by cows through ruminal fermentation is released into the atmosphere when the animal burps. This gas not only contributes to global warming but also results in the loss of feed...
Kinder Ground for Animal Welfare - Interview with Dr. Jennifer Walker
A veterinarian by trade, Dr. Walker (Dr. Jen) grew up south of San Francisco determined to be a veterinarian, specifically one that specialized in cancer treatment. As an animal science major at UC...
Prevention of Foodborne Illness Starts at the Farm Level
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified nontyphoidal Salmonella as one of the top 5 pathogens contributing to foodborne illnesses in the United States. Ground chicken le...
Welcome Bret Hobbs to MicroBasics
Bret Hobbs grew up in a farming and ranching background. He grew up in West Texas, however, his father leased a ranch in New Mexico and each summer Bret was busy helping his father run 10,000 head ...
It was once thought that the uterus was sterile. New technologies in 16S rRNA sequencing have shown us otherwise. It is not that the uterus was sterile, but that many of the microbes therein are an...
Raising Sheep with the Lister Family
Laura Lister grew up in Emery County, Utah, and had nothing to do with sheep until she met her husband in 2006. He grew up herding and shearing sheep with his family and Laura grew up with strictly...
Blackstone Genetics - The nextGENeration
Zach Damrow grew up on a small farm in Wisconsin where they milked 25-30 Ayrshire and milking short horn cattle. The cattle were milked in a small tie stall barn and a large portion of their diet w...
Small ruminants require energy, protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and water just like any other animal. Energy is usually the most limiting nutrient, and protein typically the most expensive. Def...
Supplementation of Active Dry Yeast
Direct fed microbial (DFM) products are one possible avenue to improve animal health during the transition period. Active dry yeasts (ADY) are one subset of DFM. ADY have been found to act growth p...