Mark Parker: The Top 10 hay harvest issues
FarmTalk
10. Your high-tech baler’s alarm is going off but it’s unclear if you’re out of twine, due for service or in the path of a tornado.
Mark Parker: The Top 10 hay harvest issues
FarmTalk
10. Your high-tech baler’s alarm is going off but it’s unclear if you’re out of twine, due for service or in the path of a tornado.
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Protect calves from disease begins before they are born
Southern Livestock Standard
At the herd level, low pregnancy rates, abortions and calf deaths are some of the real economic losses associated with inadequate fetal protection against reproductive diseases.
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Grazing Management is Important- Especially During Summer
Gary Bates
University of Tennessee
It doesn’t take long reading through cattle or forage magazines to come across an article that talks about the benefits of some type of rotational grazing. It might be called mob grazing, managed intensive grazing, or rotational stocking. The other day I read about a technique called "adaptive paddock grazing".
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Five Things to Improve your Quicken Record Keeping
Jessica Groskopf
University of Nebraska
While it’s still fresh in your mind, now is the time to make changes to your farm or ranch record keeping system. There are many programs available to help you organize your financial information. Nebraska Extension has been teaching Quicken courses for the past few months.
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Where Fly Control Starts Early and Goes Long
Becky Mills
Progressive Farmer
"Fly control is a challenge in the Southeast because of our warmer weather. We don’t get enough prolonged periods of cold weather to impact insect populations. Then we have a long, hot, humid summer season," he says.
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Bale wrapping: How late is too late?
Melissa Beck
Progressive Forage
Weather conditions such as mild temperatures, frequent rains, heavy dew and overcast days make curing early-season hay difficult. Waiting for perfect conditions can result in forages that are too mature and lower in quality, and rains can contribute to diminished quality by essentially washing away the water-soluble proteins and carbohydrates.
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Meat Packer Blames ABC’s ‘Pink Slime’ for Nearly Killing Company
Drovers
ABC News’ characterization of a South Dakota meat processor’s ground-beef product as "pink slime" almost put Beef Products Inc out of business, BPI’s lawyer said on Monday in the opening salvo of a closely watched trial.
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Trump makes U.S. farmers nervous
PAUL WISEMAN
Agri View
A sizable majority of rural Americans backed Donald Trump’s presidential bid, drawn to his calls to slash environmental rules, strengthen law enforcement and replace the federal health-care law.
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Beef Sustainability Metrics Taking Shape
Kindra Gordon
Angus Journal
As the topic of sustainability continues to be discussed within the agricultural industry, the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) is moving forward with developing metrics to assess sustainable practices within each sector of the beef value chain.
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CS Beef Opens Idaho Facility
Greg Henderson
Drovers
CS Beef Packers began operations last week at the new harvest and processing facility in Kuna, Idaho. Partners J.R. Simplot Company and Caviness Beef Packers built the $100 million, 370,000-square-foot facility to harvest cull cows and bulls from dairy farms and ranches throughout the Intermountain West.
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