Cracked Hooves
Dr. Ken McMillan
Progressive Farmer
Lame cattle may need to have their feet trimmed to remove material pinching into the sensitive parts of the hoof.
Cracked Hooves
Dr. Ken McMillan
Progressive Farmer
Lame cattle may need to have their feet trimmed to remove material pinching into the sensitive parts of the hoof.
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Alternative Energy
Troy Smith
Angus Journal
Much has been said and written about grain-milling byproducts, particularly distillers’ grains, for use in cattle diets. For many cattle feeders, distillers’ grains have become a relied-upon feedstuff.
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NCBA; Obama Midwest Tour Misinformed Farmers
The Beef Site
During US President Barak Obama’s bus tour through rural America, the president was confronted by farmers and ranchers worried about the excess of burdensome, costly and scientifically unfounded regulations.
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GIPSA proposal the wrong move
J.J. Goicoechea
AGWeek
While the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s proposed livestock and poultry marketing rule is intended to provide a fair market, should it be implemented, it will be anything but “fair” to progressive producers, consumers and the cattle themselves. The rule stands to threaten market incentives, the quality of American beef the industry is known for and the quality of life our animals are provided.
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Bankruptcy, Lawsuits Hinge on Defining Cattle-Selling Business
Chris Clayton
DTN
Any money livestock producers or businesses might expect to get back from the Eastern Livestock Co. bankruptcy remains caught up in the courts defining what kind of business Eastern operated.
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Steve Cornett: Drier than Dry
Beef Today
It was dry in the Southwest last time we talked about it, and it hasn’t rained yet. So it is now drier than dry. The wind has let up some, so our fires aren’t as rapacious, but the temperatures continue to set new records for being too darned hot. "Too-darned" translating to a hundred and this, a hundred and that, day after day.
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Copper imbalances and the cowherd
Kenny Barrett Jr., DVM, MS
Tri State Livestock News
Recently it seems we have diagnosed a rash of trace mineral imbalances in our practice. We have had blind heifers, neurologic cattle, sheep with paralysis, and even animals die from polioencephalomalacia.
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Interactive farm fiction
Steve Suther
The Fence Post
The only difference between fiction and nonfiction is whether it really happened.
Take projected profit, for example. A happy ending this year may seem likely or all but impossible, depending on how the year has unfolded and what is yet to come.
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Production Record Keeping 101
Larry Stalcup
The Cattleman
Production records, whether they’re kept in an IRM Red Book or via sophisticated cattle software, are likely just as important as financial records for beef producers eager to increase their efficiency.
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High corn prices changing livestock practices
Emily Garnett
Missourian
High corn prices are forcing Missouri livestock producers to change their feeding practices. In addition to looking for substitutes to replace the corn used in feed rations, some are trying to fatten cattle faster than ever on less feed.
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