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Many producers from the cow-calf industry have not visited a beef processing plant.
The reason is that a calf goes through several production steps at various locations off the ranch and may be processed into beef several states away from where it was born.
Considerations for feeding cattle cotton byproductsWhile many of us in the northern half of the U.S. typically don’t think of cotton as a major crop, cotton was ranked the sixth-most valuable crop nationwide in 2014. In addition, the U.S. is ranked No. 3 in global cotton production and No. 1 in cotton exports.
Have you ever noticed how bad luck always travels in threes? I’m warning you, if the cows get out on the road and then the water well goes dry, I’d stay in the house, pull your shades and not answer the phone if I were you. Be very, very careful.
Jim said he had the best two-strand bob wire fence in the country. The ranchers who bordered him got together and fixed his fence. Now his pasture is gettin’ thin, and he’s only got half as many cows. That didn’t please Jim’s banker.
The American Grassfed Association (AGA) and a coalition of eight other agricultural and consumer organizations sent a letter to the USDA seeking reinstatement of standards for a “grassfed” label for meat.
The recent wildfires that have popped up throughout parts of Kansas and Oklahoma may have producers wondering how to properly manage pastureland following these wildfires, some of which have been disastrous.
A long road ahead is probably the best way to describe the aftermath of the Anderson Creek wildfire in south central Kansas, particularly for cattle producers who have relied heavily on grazing as the main source of herd nutrition.
The grass is greening up; babies are jumping around fields; and it's time for some spring-cleaning in the yard. It was in the yard where I found hundreds of bones. OK, not hundreds, but a lot. I found them in my flower beds, the grass and under the porch. Apparently hunting season was good for our cow dogs.
BioTracking Inc. introduces a new tool to the industry, the BioPRYNhfr-25 blood pregnancy test. At 25 days post-breeding, BioPRYNhfr-25 is an early, accurate open detection for heifers.
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