With fireworks going off in Utah throughout the month of July, pets are bound to get stressed and anxious. Karl Hoopes and Allison Willoughby, faculty in the Utah State University School of Veterinary Medicine, shared tips to help owners keep their pets safe and make the summer more enjoyable for everyone.

Thanks to a relative feed value calculator developed by Utah State University and Harvest Tec, Inc., hay producers can now check the quality of bales while they are haying. The calculator is mounted on the baler and provides results instantly so producers can see how individual bale quality changes throughout the day. This can help producers separate their hay inventory by quality, which can lead to increased productivity and profitability in their operation.