In this part 1 of a two-part series, a K-State veterinarian provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially plays a role in cattle fatigue. In agricultural ...
Tags: Beta-Agonists, Cattle Fatigue, Environment, Agriculture
Dry conditions make us step back and re-evaluate our operations. You've always turned out pairs on summer grass, but what if the summer grass didn't grow? You have made tough decisions and wonder now, with wetter conditions, how you should ...
Tags: Agriculture News, Farming News, Ranching
For the first time in nearly 10 years, the nation's beef herd may be poised for growth, which could mean relief from rising meat prices. But with the fewest cattle in the beef supply since the 1960s, slow growth won't cut prices anytime ...
Tags: Beef, Beef Herd, Growth of US Beef Herd
Lower corn prices in 2014 will likely keep a lid on Western hay prices, predicted Seth Hoyt, hay market analyst and keynote speaker at last week's Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium in Reno, NV. Supreme alfalfa hay prices, he added, should ...
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The USDA released its last Cattle on Feed report of 2013 this past Friday and it showed the number of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.7 million ...
The December Cattle on Feed report said the number of cattle in large feedlots was down 5.5% at the start of the month. November placements were down 3.1% and November marketings were down 4.5%, largely due to one fewer slaughter day. The ...
Tags: Beef Prices, Food
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.7 million head on December 1, 2013. The inventory was 5 percent below December 1, 2012. This is the second ...
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More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
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Cargill Food Distribution, a unit of Cargill Meat Solutions, has signed an agreement with Teys Australia to launch Australian beef in American markets. As part of the deal, a wide range of Teys beef products, including Angus beef will be ...
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To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
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Eating a horse is forbidden territory for Americans.You can tuck into a plate of horseflesh in Tokyo,Paris and Moscow,but it usually won't be found on the menu in Dallas or Little Rock. Maybe it's a recognition of horses as companions,or ...
Tags: horse, slaughter, backdoor ban, animal rights
The US government has again cut its forecast for corn yields as the impact of the worst drought in the country for 50 years becomes clearer. Washington said the US corn yield is set to be the lowest since 1995-96, sending futures to a ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams ...
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