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Fatal Flowers
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern “Those flowers you brought home are so beautiful!” Your cat thinks as you walk through the door with…
Keeping Pets Cool and Safe in Arizona’s Climate
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern For everyone with a beloved pet at home, keeping them healthy and happy should be a number one…
Protecting Pollinators
Without pollinators, there wouldn’t be much to look at or eat. Pollinators are responsible for aiding the growth of over 80% of the world’s 1,400…
16 Remarkable Facts about Cows for National Cow Appreciation Day
July 14th is National Cow Appreciation Day. This is a day set aside to serve as a reminder of how special cows are. In recent…
Beef Cattle, So Much More Than Just A Hamburger
Arizona’s largest agriculture commodity is beef. Annually, Arizona ranches produce enough beef to feed over 4.6 million Americans. But, did you know beef cattle’s uses…
2013 Dine With Your Dog
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] The PetSmart Paws Can Heal animal assisted therapy program acts as a catalyst to motivate patients to help themselves and provides…
H-4 Ranch Presents the 4th Annual Driving and Harnessing Clinic
[caption id="attachment_4036" align="alignleft" width="307" caption="Come refine your skills at the 2012 H-4 Ranch Harnessing and Driving Clinic"][/caption] Don’t miss out on being a part of…
Local Growers and Farmers Team Up to Support Rendez-Zoo
[caption id="attachment_3649" align="alignleft" width="346" caption="Rendez-Zoo brings Farmers together with design students to create centerpieces... for the animals. Image Credit: http://phoenixzoo.org/rendezzoo/"][/caption] Local growers and farmers are…
Making High Quality Milk Begins with Healthy Cows
At Arizona dairy farms the health and wellbeing of the cows is everyone’s number one priority. From the minute the sun comes up, the dedicated…
The Healing Power of Horsing Around
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Last week, Diane Sawyer interviewed Jaycee Dugard, the California woman who was kidnapped at 11 and held captive…
Farmers Helping Ranchers While Wildfires Rage
Short and Long-Term Impact of the State’s Wildfire’s on Arizona’s Cattle still to be determined. By Philip Bashaw, Arizona Farm Bureau with Contributions by Liz…
It is not the corn it’s the carelessness
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Editor’s note: This article was written on behalf a Fill Your Plate blog reader asking about E coli…
Alert for Arizona Horse Owners: Horse Illness Outbreak Notice!
—HORSE ILLNESS OUTBREAK NOTICE: HORSE OWNERS ENCOURAGED TO [caption id="attachment_2472" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Horse owners urged to take precaution due to outbreak of equine virus."][/caption] TAKE…
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Spinach: The Superfood That Packs a Punch and is Grown Locally in Arizona!
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