Starting Cattle is Serious Business
Zeb Prawl Great Plains Livestock Consulting
Beef Today
As fall approaches, another seasonal event is right around the corner for those that graze cattle through the winter. This is the time of year cattlemen are preparing to buy the cattle they need to stock their winter pastures, and usually this means that they are preparing to get those cattle weaned, eating feed, and straightened out.
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Health as an animal welfare issue
Bob Larson
Angus Journal
During the last few years, there have been several egregious instances of cattle and other livestock abuse that have been caught on video and distributed widely. These documented cases have given a black eye to all animal caregivers. Many cattle industry and veterinary organizations have mobilized to increase training for everyone who handles cattle so that these rare occurrences completely disappear. When these types of abuse are publicized, many in the public increase their interest in various aspects of animal welfare.
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‘Fat equals flavor’
Lisa Miller
The Dickinson Press
Keeping consumers and cattle happy and healthy can be a challenge for producers but one way of doing that is by watching what their cattle eat.
“More and more research is being done to figure out if what a cow eats can affect the flavor and quality of the meat,” said Dr. Eric Berg, North Dakota State University associate professor in the Meat Science Department.
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Slain farmers were noted for high standards
Ruth Lao
Statesman Journal
The brutal killing of a pair of mild-mannered Polk County farmers has stunned the local-food community, from fellow farmers to restaurant chefs to supporters of sustainable agriculture.
“Clearly, these folks are going to be missed in the sustainable-farming movement,” said Stephen Perkins, owner of Cascade Baking Co. in Salem and a customer and friend of David Scott Jondle, 61, and Marilyn Ruth Jondle, 58.
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To Beef or Not to Beef: Musings of a Healthy Carnivore
Neil Zevnik
Huffington Post
“To beef, or not to beef – that is the question…” Okay, so Shakespeare is twitching a little in his grave right now; but punning aside, this is a valid and hotly-debated question in food and nutrition circles, and invites discourse in the environmental arena as well.
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Ground beef outbreak puts focus on meat oversight
CBS News
The first outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation’s meat supply.
Three people in Maine and New York became ill this summer after eating ground beef traced back to a Cargill plant in Pennsylvania. Cargill recalled about 8,500 pounds of ground beef on Saturday and regulators warned consumers to throw out frozen meat purchased at BJ’s Wholesale Clubs in eight eastern states.
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BeefTalk: One Bad Steer Spoils the Lot
Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service
The processing of cattle needs to be thorough and not held off until shipping day.
The interest in age and source verification continues. The interest is real and the need is real.
As those who are involved in the process of selling beef know, once a commitment is made, that commitment needs to be honored. With the tight supplies of beef and the need to plan long term, kinks in the supply chain can make for some very long days.
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Animal rights defined
Amanda Evrard
Examiner.com
It has recently come to my attention that there are many misconceptions about the term “animal rights,” and I thought it appropriate to break out the first-person writing and address this head on.
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Cattle Warts, Bovine Papillomatosis
R. L. Morter, D.V.M., Larry Horstman, D.V.M., School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University
Warts are caused by infection with the contagious bovine papillomavirus. Four types of the virus are known to produce skin lesions. All have been described as hardy. Two of the viral types cause most of the warts found on the head and neck of cattle. They will survive in the environment for weeks or months if protected by pieces of tissue such as a shed wart or bits of tissue on a halter. Because of the infectious nature of the wart virus, animals with warts are disqualified from shows and exhibitions.
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What Happened to Boots and Jeans?
Max Thornsberry
Beef Today
I used to live in Amarillo, Texas, in the late 1980s, and man, did I like to go to Boots and Jeans, the best western wear store in town. I bought lots of shirts and one pair of top-of-the-line Tony Lama boots there in 1989
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