Farm & Ranch
Ranching Down Under
By Samantha Hall
A fast-paced, action- packed game played on horse back, polocrosse is a mixture of lacrosse, polo, and netball-polocrosse originated in New South Wales, Australia, in 1939 and is now played in 18 countries and has 10,000 registered players world wide.
Of those registered players, 4,500 are in Australia and belong to 140 clubs across 7 states, which makes Australia the largest polocrosse community in the world.
Polocrosse is played on a field that is 160 yards long and 60 yards wide and divided into thirds with a goal area at each end. The polocrosse racquet is a modified polo mallet with a net on the end used to pick up the rubber covered foam ball.
Each team has 6 players that are split into 2 sections of defence, centre and attack. Polocrosse games usually consist of four, eight minute chukkas.
Polocrosse is known as “king of the one horse sports” because players are limited to one horse per game/tournament.
Only if their horse is injured and therefore vetted out of competition are players permitted to ride another horse. To read more pick up a copy of the August 2016 issue.
Farm & Ranch
Hazards of Backyard Poultry
By Barry Whitworth, DVM
Having backyard poultry is a popular agriculture enterprise. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, 0.8 percent of all households in the United States have chickens. People keep chickens for a variety of reasons with table eggs being one of the more common reasons.
Unfortunately, some of these poultry producers are not aware of the hazards that come with keeping poultry because many times they carry pathogens but appear healthy.
Chickens are carriers of several zoonotic diseases. These are diseases that can be passed from animals to humans. According to a recent survey in Pennsylvania, a majority of backyard poultry producers were aware of the dangers of avian influenza. However, this study also revealed that far fewer producers were aware of the risk of possible exposure to Salmonella and Campylobacter.
The lack of knowledge about the hazards of raising poultry likely contributes to the continued issues of Salmonella outbreaks associated with backyard poultry. In 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,072 illnesses of Salmonella linked to backyard poultry, and 272 of those patients required hospitalization. Oklahoma reported 43 individuals with the disease.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Farm & Ranch
Ag Elsewhere: Wyoming
By Tressa Lawrence
Babies are tucked away in every nook and cranny. Many ranchers across Wyoming have baby animals popping up all over this time of year.
Farm & Ranch
Ag Elsewhere: Montana
By Lindsey Monk
Another load of grain in to keep feeding the calves until the green grass can really start popping.
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