Tell Us Why It’s Ethical to Eat Meat: A Contest
ARIEL KAMINER
New York Times
Ethically speaking, vegetables get all the glory. In recent years, vegetarians — and to an even greater degree vegans, their hard-core inner circle — have dominated the discussion about the ethics of eating.
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Milk EPD an Accurate Indicator of Milk Production and Calf Performance
Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science, Animal Science, University of Nebraska
In a long-term study, Oklahoma State University researchers mated crossbred cows to Angus or Hereford bulls that were either very high or very low for milk expected progeny differences (EPDs).
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Speadsheet program aids cattlemen with herd management decisions
CLAY COPPEDGE
Country World
More often than not, the decisions associated with running a cattle operation come down to numbers: how many cattle on how many acres and how much feed at what cost to feed a cow that will bring what price at the market. When asking, "Is it worth it?" the answer can usually be found in numbers.
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10 diagnostics for stocker programs
Geni Wren
Bovine Veterinarian Magazine
Geni Wren Jessica Laurin, DVM, Animal Health Center of Marion Co. Inc., Marion, Kan., has many stocker/backgrounder clients in her area on the edge of the Kansas Flint Hills. Laurin is a fan of preventive and diagnostic medicine to head off problems.
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Honest Whistleblowing
John Harrington
DTN
Iowans really serious about seeking employment in production agriculture these days are well advised to avoid certain fatal mistakes when it comes to resume construction.
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Rains Offer Game Changing Conditions for Cattle Producers
Oklahoma Farm Report
Recent weather and the calendar ensure that spring will happen in a significant part of the drought region in the Southern Plains. Unusually warm temperatures, additional rain, and the approach of April have changed the prospects for much of eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas. Soils are saturated in much of the region and green up is occurring rapidly.
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‘Virtual Water,’ Maine Tomatoes and the Cattle Trade
Tim Ferguson
Forbes
Our rivals at Fortune magazine have a curiosity item in their latest issue about growing tomatoes in the snows of a Maine winter. They’re hydroponic, raised inside a greenhouse, and reportedly sold locally.
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Red meat found to be a good mood food
WHPTV
Associate Professor Felice Jacka and colleagues from Deakin’s Barwon Psychiatric Research Unit based at Barwon Health investigated the relationship between the consumption of beef and lamb and the presence of depressive and anxiety disorders in more than 1000 women from the Geelong region.
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A Christian reply to "animal rights"
Weylan Deaver
Washington Times
A few years ago, “animal rights” was not on the public radar. People have for a long time been concerned about cruelty to animals, but the move to grant them legal – human – rights is more recent.
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Country Natural Beef co-founder Doc Hatfield dies
MATTHEW WEAVER
Capital Press
Patrick Dale “Doc” Hatfield, co-founder of Country Natural Beef, died of pancreatic cancer March 20. He was 74.
Hatfield founded the cooperative with his wife, Connie, in 1986, in Brothers, Ore., with 14 ranching families. The cooperative now includes over 100 ranch families who manage some 6.3 million acres in 13 states.
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