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Feeding margins increase another $10 per head
3/10/2010
Cattle feeding margins remain in excess of $100 per head while packer margins near break-even.
A voice of reason in ... L.A.?
3/10/2010
"Agriculture is a business. Farming without a financial motive is gardening."
New tracking tool for food recalls
3/10/2010
AP) — As they scrambled to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak, investigators from the CDC successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
Jury awards $11 million in pork odor suit
3/10/2010
A group of Missouri farmers who live near large hog farms said the odors caused nausea and forced them to stay indoors.
Your new Beef Board representatives
3/10/2010
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced 36 appointments to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board.
Are your vaccines and health products working?
3/10/2010
The failure of animal products and vaccines often are the result of human error and not the result of a defective product.
Opportunities and challenges in grass-finished beef
3/8/2010
Ohio livestock producers are exploring grass-fed beef production to meet market demands for what many consider to be a healthful and ecologically sustainable product. However, the production side of the system can be daunting.
Working toward an end to BRD
3/8/2010
A multi-disciplinary team of Oklahoma State University scientists and practitioners is riding herd on one of the most challenging concerns of Oklahoma’s $4.6 billion cattle industry: Bovine Respiratory Disease.
Timing of distillers’ grains supplements in stocker cattle
3/5/2010
Kansas State University researchers recently reported on a trial to determine the response to frequency of dried distillers grains supplementation of stocker calves grazing late-season native grass.
Watch for bloat in wheat cattle
3/4/2010
Stocker operators with cattle grazing wheat pasture should be observing their animals closely for signs of wheat pasture bloat.
New label, dose range for Micotil
3/3/2010
Elanco announced Micotil is now approved for a flexible dose range from 1.5 mL/cwt to 20 mg/kg 3.0 mL/cwt for both metaphylaxis and individual pull-and-treat BRD treatment.
'Integrated, unified and rapid'
2/15/2010
Turning a battleship around in the middle of a fight is cumbersome and often leaves the ship vulnerable to attack.
