Baxter Black, DVM: Dealing with Climate Change
It’s always perplexing to me to hear visitors to Arizona in July remark, “Man, it’s really hot here!” Well, duh.
Baxter Black, DVM: Dealing with Climate Change
It’s always perplexing to me to hear visitors to Arizona in July remark, “Man, it’s really hot here!” Well, duh.
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Modified Live Vaccines Versus Killed Vaccines
Dr. Ken McMillan
DTN/The Progressive Farmer
Consider all the evidence before making a decision about what type of vaccine will work best for your operation.
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Stockpiled Bermudagrass Can Reduce Winter Feed Costs
Glenn Selk
Extension.org
Harvested forage costs are a large part of the production costs associated with cow-calf enterprises. A recent Oklahoma State University trial had the objective to economically evaluate stockpiled bermudagrass. The research found that this practice can reduce cow-wintering costs. Forage accumulation during the late summer and fall is variable from year to year depending on moisture, temperatures, date of first frost and fertility.
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Cattlemen Convene at Diamond Anniversary Convention
The Red Angus Association of America
The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) will host its 60th Annual National Convention Sept. 11-13 in Lewistown, Mont. This year’s convention – themed “Diamonds in the Big Sky” – will be held at the Yogo Inn with a separate Commercial Cattlemen’s Symposium taking place at the Fergus County Fairgrounds. Post-convention events are scheduled for Sept. 14.
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First Look at Fall Grazing Prospects
Derrell S. Peel
TSCRA
Most of Oklahoma has received some rain in the past 10 days with virtually all parts of the state having received moisture the past 30 days. Some critically dry areas remain in the western counties and the Oklahoma Panhandle.
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NCBA Research Targets Education Message to Millennial Generation
Oklahoma Farm Report
“If we look at some of our recent research it would suggest, when you look at all of agriculture, 49 percent of consumers feel that conventional agriculture is headed down the wrong track. So, as we look at how we build trust with today’s consumer-especially that of the Millennial Generation-they have a lot of questions about how that-especially in the beef industry-how that beef eating experience is actually produced.
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Can Time-Controlled Grazing Be Done Without Fencing?
Burke Teichert
BEEF
July was going to be my last article on grazing for awhile, but I received many emails with questions that I decided to devote another article to the questions in two main categories: Can you implement planned, time-controlled grazing without fencing?
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Farmers make the case for pasture-raised animals with Pro-Pasture Fridays campaign
The Oregonian
When you think of a farm, do you imagine cattle grazing on rich, green pasture grass and chickens pecking around in the dirt, looking for bugs? Do you envision lambs bounding around on legs like springs and pigs rooting through the soil and rolling in cool, delicious mud?
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Northern Beef Packers bankruptcy threatens S.D.’s beef industry
Daniel Pfeiffer
Drovers
The Northern Beef Packers beef processing plant south of Aberdeen, S.D., was supposed to be the savior of the South Dakota Certified Beef Program, but after the packing plant announced Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, the future for the already sluggish Certified Beef program seems even bleaker.
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Cattle rustling on the rise
Marlena Hamilton
KETK
Cattle Rustling is on the rise yet again here in Texas.
And because of the rising price of beef, cattle thieves are on the prowl.
It seems like an old west type of crime, but cattle rustling is a growing problem here in Texas.
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