Sugar beets, calf weaning date economics, high tunnels and a solar/wind-powered watering demonstration are only a few of the areas highlighted during the Powell Research and Extension Center field day Thursday, July 8. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Mountain pine beetle strategy meeting on Casper Mountain June 16
The best defense might be a good offense.
Officials wanting to protect Casper Mountain pine trees from mountain pine beetle devastation are inviting landowners to an information meeting Wednesday, June 16, at the Casper Mountain Trails Center on the mountain. The meeting is 9 a.m.-2 p.m. with a free lunch. A complete agenda is available online at www.uwyo.edu/barnbackyard/info.asp?p=10031 and scroll down to Forest Health. Continue reading
Half-time 4-H educator joins Campbell County extension office
A half-time 4-H educator will begin Monday, June 14, in the Campbell County office of the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service (UW CES). Continue reading
UW ag college position coordinates brucellosis research
Brucellosis research priorities are vaccine development for cattle and wildlife and improved diagnostic tests, according to the new research coordinator at the University of Wyoming for the disease. Continue reading
Wind, solar demonstration project learning tool for Wyomings rural families
A Casper demonstration project converting Wyoming wind and sunshine into electricity will help transfer those emerging technologies to rural families, according to organizers. Continue reading