Video Feature: Value Added Calves also important to Packing, Retail Secotrs
NCBA Cattlemen to Cattlemen
Video Feature: Value Added Calves also important to Packing, Retail Secotrs
NCBA Cattlemen to Cattlemen
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BeefTalk: One Needs to know Costs
Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service
Selected Five-year Average Managerial Decisions Selected Five-year Average Managerial Decisions
Calving at a later date gives producers an increased opportunity to place cows on grass while the cow is either very pregnant or milking.
Managerial changes require a review of both the positive and negative. Previous discussion on changing the calving date has resulted in two major points: reducing the cows’ winter feeding costs and lower the death loss among newborn calves.
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Pinkeye prevention for the coming summer
Ken Olson
Tri State Livestock News
Conditions this spring are right to increase the opportunity for pinkeye problems in cattle. Thus, now is the time to think ahead for preventive measures. First, pinkeye is the common name for Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis, a highly infectious disease that affects the eyes of cattle.
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Portion Patrol
Kindra Gordon
Angus Journal
Did you know if you order a meat, fish or poultry entrée at a restaurant, the proper, healthy serving size is about the size of a deck of cards; a baked potato should be no larger than a computer mouse; and a single serving of pasta would equal the size of a tennis ball? But chances are you’ve gotten a plate heaped full of much more food than that.
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Strategies to speak up for ag
The Cattle Business Weekly
To ensure a viable future for agriculture and meet the challenges that animal rights groups present against the industry, everyone in agriculture is encouraged to speak up for animal welfare and assure the public that livestock producers take the care of our animals seriously.
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Hereford Breeder Bruce Orvis Recognized as BIF Pioneer
Cattle Today
Bruce Orvis of Orvis Cattle Co., Farmington, Calif., was honored with the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Pioneer Award during the 2009 BIF Annual Meeting and Research Symposium April 30-May 2. BIF presents the Pioneer Award each year to deserving individuals who have made contributions to the genetic improvement of the beef industry.
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Road Test Review: 2009 Ford F-150 King Ranch
Sue Mead
Pickuptrucks.com
No one knows why Richard King chose the famous “Running W” as the main brand of the legendary King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas. The question of why the country’s largest and most prestigious ranch uses Fords as its main pickup trucks, however, has an easy answer: Mr. Bob. That’s Robert Kleberg, president and CEO of the ranch for 50 years.
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