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The Executive Board met with leaders at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, which ASI successfully fought to remove from a federal closure list.

The USDA’s Agricultural Research Service has released a new mobile app designed to help ranchers manage heat stress in their livestock.   Ag Engineer Tami Brown-Brandl said the app gets weather information from the National Weather Service and uses a formula to calculate likely heat stress, something she believes is very useful.   “...