Baxter Black, DVM: England’s choice
The Fence Post
England has made a choice to remain dependent on other countries to feed them. Recently corporations have proposed to build a modern dairy and sow unit in their countryside.
Baxter Black, DVM: England’s choice
The Fence Post
England has made a choice to remain dependent on other countries to feed them. Recently corporations have proposed to build a modern dairy and sow unit in their countryside.
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Pfizer leaning toward animal health spinoff
Feedstuffs
Pfizer Inc. has started telling concerns interested in bidding for Pfizer Animal Health that a spinoff of the business is more probable than a sale, according to sources who are familiar with the matter.
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Common sense management necessary to minimize heat stress on livestock
AG Answers
Both man and beast suffer the effects of high heat and humidity in the dog days of summer, so cattle and sheep producers need to adopt basic strategies to keep animals calm, cool and collected through the year’s hottest days.
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BeefTalk: Resilience vs. Resistance
Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service
The beef industry has resilience and resistance. Some weeks, the resilience shines, while other weeks, it’s the resistance that stands out.
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Beef Tour Registration Deadline is Aug. 8
Nate Jaeger
The Alabama Farmers Federation’s annual beef tour, Sept. 11-17, includes some of the top cattle farms in New York’s famous Finger Lakes region. The deadline for tour registration is Aug. 8.
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Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. Expands Facility
KRVN
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) has a strong foundation of innovative biological and pharmaceutical research and development, manufacturing and technical service.
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Kansas ranchers selling cattle because of drought
DeaconBenjamin
Free Press
Ranchers in parts of Kansas are hauling their spring cattle to auction barns because a drought and the brutal heat have made it difficult to provide the water and hay needed to keep the animals healthy, according to a state agency.
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Rural Poll Finds Concern About Animal Welfare, Doubt About New Regulations
Dan Moser
Nebraska State Paper
The 16th annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln poll, taken last March and April, asked participants a variety of questions about animal welfare issues, at a time when animal-welfare advocates are pushing in many states for increased regulation of how livestock animals are treated.
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Group Grateful for Introduction of Livestock Marketing Act
KRVN
Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA praises Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) for their sponsorship and co-sponsorship, respectively, of H.R. 2631: the bipartisan Livestock Marketing Fairness Act (Act) introduced in Congress on Monday.
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Beef producers to learn about grazing management at field day
AG Answers
Beef producers will discuss how grazing-management strategies can improve efficiency and help the environment on Aug. 11 at a Purdue Veterinary Medicine field day.
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