Bodyweight alone may be the defining reason mature cows are not affected by toxins that can cause abortion in younger animals. Or perhaps it’s just, well, cow sense.

The spotted lanternfly is a planthopper commonly mistaken for a moth. Their life cycle consists of five stages, but the most recognizable is the adult stage, with its striking red and spotted wings.

We often think of the sandbur species as being a warm-season annual plant. However, many of these are classified as perennials, which can survive from one year to the next.

The year of 1692 was a bad year in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. The previous spring had been warm and rainy, and the main crop of cereal rye had been harvested during the summer and threshed around Thanksgiving.

While undesirable for purity and "invasiveness," even if unpalatable, many of the common and troublesome weeds that detract from quality can provide more than 6% crude protein and more than 50% TDN toward an animal’s daily intake needs.