Lacey Vilhauer

Cherokee, Oklahoma

Field Editor at High Plains Journal

Writer, Baker, Wife, Westie Lover, Chicken Mother. An Oklahoma farm girl with a love for the dictionary.

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Articles

Watch for fescue toxicosis this grazing season - High Plains Journal

4 days ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

Livestock producers who graze fescue pastures should always have fescue toxicosis in mind. Tall fescue is a cool-season, high-quality perennial grass that thrives in moderate temperatures with adequate rainfall. Fescue has a long growing season, and it is insect and nematode resistant, but it can also be noxious to livestock. Fescue toxicosis, is caused by ergot alkaloid toxins, and specifically ergovaline, produced by the endophyte fungus Neotyphodium coenophialum.
Oklahoma National Stockyards under contract

1 week ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

Ag News, Auction Barns, Beef, Cow Calf, Feeder, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Livestock Markets, Oklahoma, Stocker On April 30, the Oklahoma National Stockyards published a press release stating the business, which had been for sale for several months, is now under contract. ONSY is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the last terminal market in existence and is a contributor to Oklahoma’s tourism.
Wet, humid conditions make fusarium head blight a concern for wheat - High Plains Journal

2 weeks ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

Corn, Crops, Disaster, Disease, Floods, Lacey Vilhauer, Oklahoma, Wheat After praying for the moisture to carry the High Plains wheat crop through to an abundant harvest, some have received more rainfall than they bargained for, leading to a significant risk of fusarium head blight. This disease is caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum.
Grow something this year - High Plains Journal

3 weeks ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

Ag News, Editorials, Horticulture, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Opinion A peony bush I planted a few years ago. It took a year to take off, but every year since it has put on more and more blooms that are breathtaking. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)I love springtime. It’s that unmistakable time of year when the sun warms your skin, the grass starts to come back to life and the birds chirp in celebration of the warm weather.
New wind projects still on hold - High Plains Journal

3 weeks ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

Crops, Energies, Farmland, Lacey Vilhauer, Land, Landjournal, Ranchland On Jan. 20, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order, “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects.” The order effectively halted approval for new wind projects both off and onshore.
Nebraska offering $150,000 grant to large animal veterinarians - High Plains Journal

3 weeks ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

Animal Health, Beef, Cow Calf, Dairy, Equine, Dairy, Sheep and Goats, Horses, Lacey Vilhauer, Nebraska, Sheep and Goats, Stocker, Swine The rural veterinarian shortage continues to plague the agricultural industry, but states like Nebraska have developed programs to incentivize veterinarians to settle and practice in underpopulated and often agriculturally focused locations.
HPJ Live speakers, details announced - High Plains Journal

4 weeks ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

High Plains Journal’s new event, HPJ Live, will debut Aug. 6-8 in Wichita, Kansas, at the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center. This event will incorporate HPJ’s past educational U events, including Cattle U, Alfalfa U, Sorghum Wheat U, and Soil Health U, into one event with a tradeshow expected to include more than 100 exhibitors.
Crop rotation matters in the vegetable garden - High Plains Journal

1 month ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Lacey Vilhauer, Outdoors, Soil Health, Women In Ag Raising a vegetable garden with years of continuous success and high-yielding plants is a skill. However, it’s not just a matter of having a green thumb. Utilizing crop rotation in the garden can provide similar benefits for horticulturists as it does for farmers who apply these practices in their fields.
Foot-and-mouth disease found in Europe, sparking concerns in the U.S.

1 month ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

The United States has not seen a case of foot-and-mouth disease since 1929, but recent infections in Europe have ignited unease across the world. FMD is a highly contagious viral disease that can be transmitted to all cloven-hoofed mammals, such as cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, deer, and llamas. One of the last major outbreaks occurred in the United Kingdom in 2001. More than 6 million sheep and cows were depopulated to stop the spread of the disease.
The value of a bottle calf - High Plains Journal

1 month ago | hpj.com | Lacey Vilhauer

Ag News, Beef, Cow Calf, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock Markets, Opinion It’s that time of year again, the warmth of the sun has returned, the Bermuda grass is coming out of dormancy, my ghost white legs are seeing some sun, the canola fields are blooming beautifully—in contrast to their horrid stench—and there are bottle calves bawling for their milk behind my house.