Farm & Ranch
Ag Elsewhere : Africa – “The Meeting Room Will Come to Order”
By Tiffany Thompson
“The meeting room will come to order. We are now holding a meeting of the Nana Ankobea Takyiwa 4-H Club. Madam Vice President, are all officers at their stations?”
These were the opening words of our first 4-H meeting at Nana Ankobea Takyiwa School. Listening to the officer team recite the Opening Ceremonies while sitting in the assembly hall of our school, I felt a wave of familiarity and comfort wash over me. Despite the fact that I haven’t been an FFA member for over five years now, serving as an officer for all four years of high school engrained the lines of these ceremonies in my head.
Here, 4-H works as a hybrid between 4-H and FFA in the United States. 4-H is traditionally a club run through schools, and teachers volunteer their time as advisors. Through the club, members can hold officer positions, gain experience working on the school farm and take projects from food and nutrition to bead making.
The National FFA’s Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as the Creed, have been adapted for 4-H Ghana. Established in the year 2000, 4-H Ghana now includes more than 1,100 clubs across the country.
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By Barry Whitworth, DVM, MPH
With the prolonged drought, most pastures in Oklahoma end up in poor condition. With the lack of available forage, animals may go in search of alternative foods.
If oak trees are in the pastures, acorns may be a favorite meal for some livestock in the fall. This may result in oak poisoning.
Oak leaves, twigs, buds, and acorns may be toxic to some animals when consumed.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Tony Dean
There are a handful of grasses on North Texas grazing lands ranchers need to know, not because they are highly desirable, but rather because they are not of much value. I call them “decom” plants, which is am acronym for “Don’t Ever Count On Me.” Silver bluestem is a “decom” grass.
Silver bluestem is a perennial which grows in all areas of Texas. It can survive in almost all soil types, and in full sun conditions or in semi shade. It grows up to three feet tall and is easily recognized with the presence of the white fuzzy seed head. Also, one of the identifying characteristics of Silver bluestem is a bend in the stems at each node, causing the plants to take on a rounded shape as they mature.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Rayford Pullen
Fall is here which means winter is closing in on us and before we officially get into winter, we need to make sure our factories are either producing or will be producing in a few months.
We have been pregnancy testing our cows this fall and if they are not bred or nursing a calf, we are bidding them adios. With annual costs somewhere between $900.00 and $1,000.00 per cow, those cows not producing a live weaned calf are costing us quite a bit.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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