Agriculture

WORLAND, Wyo. (AP) — This year's sugar beet harvest in the Bighorn Basin set a record for tons per acre. Wyoming Sugar Vice President Vince Salzman reports an average of just over 29.3 tons per acre. Sugar content was close to a record at 17...

If ever there were a great and almighty pumpkin put on this earth to bring the spirit of the Halloween season to children all over the world, it would be this record-setting melon discovered last week at the Deerfield Fair in New Hampshire.

Last week, a U.K. group struck fear in the hearts of bacon lovers everywhere when it predicted an “unavoidable” pork shortage next year. But now experts say there’s no real threat of an impending “aporkalypse” here in the U.S. and that the organization’s report amounts to nothing more than propaganda. Whew!

Drought plagued states, including Wyoming, have been looking for sources of quality hay for livestock, however hay bales can be a vehicle for importing fire ants, a pest that can have negative impacts on both livestock and humans. Currently 14 states are under quarantine for these pests.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — With the homegrown hay crop hit hard by drought, Wyoming is waiving fees for oversize loads of hay coming into the state.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The latest update on the nation’s drought shows that the parched conditions continue worsening in key farm states even as the situation across all of the continental U.S. leveled off.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The latest U.S. drought map shows that excessively parched conditions continue to worsen in the Plains states that are key producers of corn and soybean crops.

The Albany County Fair will be presenting a night of pig wrestling on Thursday August 2nd, with a calcutta before hand.