Husbandry

Interested in raising chickens in your backyard?
First, check your local zoning laws, which determine what residents can and can’t do in their yards. Sometimes those laws, especially in cities and suburbs, don’t allow “farm” animals, chickens among them. Why? Fear of noise and too much poop.
The good news: Some cities do allow chickens, though usually [...]

As feed costs rise and the production of ethanol from corn grain increases, swine producers have ramped up their search for new feed supplements for younger swine. According to studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, feeding dried distiller’s grains (DDGS) to piglets can give their immune systems an extra boost.
Researchers divided weanling pigs into [...]