Baxter Black, DVM: “ET TU, UTERI!”
Many country veterinary practitioners have invested money in their clinics for facilities to handle cattle and horses.
Baxter Black, DVM: “ET TU, UTERI!”
Many country veterinary practitioners have invested money in their clinics for facilities to handle cattle and horses.
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Better Pastures, Better Performance Come With Clover
Dr. Ken McMillan
DTN/The Progressive Farmer
While clovers take time and money to establish, the benefits usually outweigh the hassle.
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Strategic Deworming: Time It Right
Dr. Jon Seeger
BEEF
Strategic deworming success is the result of precise timing. Once perfected, cow/calf producers can expect to see many benefits to their operations — not only in their wallets but in the health and productivity of their cattle as well.
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Hawaii’s cowboys: A dying breed?
Dany Mitzman
BBC
We usually associate cowboys with American states like Texas, California and New Mexico, but Hawaii has its own strong cowboy tradition dating back more than 200 years. It is a tradition Hawaii’s older cowboys are trying their best to preserve.
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Amid pink slime, consumers want details about their food
Daniel P. Finney
USA Today
At the meat counter, in the produce aisle and in the restaurant, consumers are asking more questions about their food.
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EPA creates new permit for animal feedlots
KTVB.com
The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a new permit for to help regulate water discharge from Idaho’s animal feedlots.
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National Beef Quality Audit Benchmarks Beef Industry Progress Back
Lynn Gordon
iGrow
Results will soon be tallied on the comprehensive benchmark study called the National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) which provides the beef industry with the current baseline of beef production and processing parameters.
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CowScout™S Activity Monitoring System
Bovine Veterinarian
Electronically monitoring cows for heat detection can reduce labor, increase pregnancy rates, decrease days open and limit the need for hormone treatments. Now, with the new CowScout™S system, from GEA Farm Technologies, dairy producers can benefit from electronic activity monitors and receive more accurate breeding information, no matter where they are, via internet, smart phone or text messaging.
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Texas Grass-Feed Beef Conference Is May 30-31
Hay & Forage Grower
A broad range of topics pertaining to grass-fed beef production will be covered May 30-31 at Texas A&M University in College Station.
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will host its second grass-fed beef conference for beef producers and consumers.
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The role of livestock in water contamination
American Society of Animal Science
Animal FrontiersLast spring, 3,000 people in Europe fell sick after consuming vegetables contaminated with the E. coli O104:H4 bacteria. Scientists are still not sure if the contamination came from humans or livestock.
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