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By Josh Rhotenjrhoten@wyomingnews.comCHEYENNE - Drought conditions across the U.S. have created a unique situation for Wyoming ranchers.Demand for hay continues to grow, sparking an increase in prices.Monte Lerwick, a rancher and farmer in Albin, said he was seeing a rise in prices, even for low-quality hay, because of the high demand."Our hay prices have been really high this year, and we have started to bundle it up into larger bails to send to other places because of the demand,” he said. “It doesn’t even really matter if it’s high quality or not, people just need it because of that drought.”

In its September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, USDA also projected lower U.S. feed grain supplies for 2011-12.

Corn conception, and development, is poorly understood. So biology professor Virginia Walbot devotes her career to tackling one of botany’s big puzzles: the sex life of corn.

Family dairy farming-inspired calendars to be distributed at World Dairy Expo and across the country by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

The plant will be the only canola oil facility west of the Rocky Mountains.

The University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine is offering three courses: Beginning, Advanced and Somatic Cell Count analysis.

Midwest Environmental Advocates and their clients have paid Rosendale Dairy for legal and expert witness fees to settle the dairy’s claim that MEA’s claims are frivolous.

California congressman says it’s “time for Congress to stop picking winners and losers, which is causing a shortage of feed in our country.”

To keep the cows comfortable and healthy, you need good people who are able to care for them. At our operation, we focus on the cows because without them, we are all redundant.

Motivation is important on the dairy because I want the most out of my employees every day, every shift. I show them respect and try and have them understand we are in this together.