Agriculture, Livestock & Natural Resources

Current Events

• On Saturday (August 4, 2007), an outbreak of FMD(Foot and Mouth Disease) was reported in the UK. For more information, please visit:

• USDA-APHIS statement - http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/content/2007/08/fmdstatement.shtml

• UK news story - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2199136.ece

• Another initial news item was on MSNBC- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20118069/

Resources

• Pesticide Safety & IPM Education Program: http://www.ipmnet.org/Tim/PSEP_home.htm

• Solutions to Crook County Disposal of Carcass and Butcher Waste

  • Article

  • Table

• NRCS Soil Survey Data

• Laboratories Serving Oregon - Soil, Water, Plant Tissue, and Feed Analysis

Links

• Small Farms - Oregon State University Extension Service

• The Small Farm Resource ...established 1995

• National Animal Health Monitoring System

• Alberta Beef

• Agricultural Publications - OSU Extension Communications

• National Forage Testing Association

• Plant Disease Control - Oregon State University Extension

• Forage Information System - Oregon State University index

• Grass Seed Research in Central Oregon