Firestone Ag has opened entries for its 2024 Rock the Crop Sweepstakes exclusively to chapters of the National FFA Organization in celebration of the 80th anniversary of Firestone Ag partnership with FFA. In its third year, the Rock the Crop Sweepstakes will bring a private concert with Nashville, Tennessee-based country…

Forget about tumbleweeds; on Monday, the East Bay of Lafayette, California, became the scene of something quite like a classic Western movie.  Three head of cattle hoofing it down eastbound Highway 24 were caught by an eyewitness dashcam just before the Stephens Drive Hidden Valley Road exit.  Hot on their…

Roundworm parasites infect humans, livestock, and crop plants. Insights into why certain worms can evade host immune protections could help explain why pesticides and antibiotics for infections aren’t always as effective anymore.  Bacterial, fungal, and parasite resistance to drugs and pesticides is making it harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat common…

As days get warmer, the itch to hit the field gets stronger. It’s springtime, which means that planting season is underway for farmers across the state.  Traveling with agricultural equipment on the road poses an increased hazard that is often a dreaded part of farming. It is critical that farmers…

GROWMARK and its FS-affiliated companies have named the Enduring Farm winners for the 2023 calendar year and published their annual Endure report detailing the GROWMARK System’s environmental, social, and governance engagement for the prior calendar year as part of the System’s sustainability efforts. Enduring Farms recognizes farms that go above and beyond…

G Bar C Ranch in Rosston, Texas, is this year’s 2023 National Environmental Stewardship Award Program winner, announced during the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association annual Spring Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.  “For our operation, this is a lifetime achievement award, and this is a moment I will remember for the…