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Retro Cattle: How a herdsman and expert cattle breeder carry on the legacy of the WYE Angus

Lodge of the Wye, a large angus bull  stands in a field in a black and white photo.

Researchers are carrying on the lineage of a legendary bull named Lodge of the Wye, whose more than 60-year-old frozen semen was used to impregnate the current University of Maryland Wye Angus herd and carry on Lodge’s legacy.  

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Pilots on the Ground: UMD Researchers take a bird’s eye view into the future of agriculture

A drone flies in the air spraying pesticides.

Like many industries, technology is changing agriculture in America. Precision agriculture uses new tech to observe and measure farm field data, and one of the most useful tools is proving to be drones

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