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In the realm of cattle health and well-being, the increased use of pneumatic darts and other remote injection methods have caused industry leaders to question the appropriate uses of these devices when administering drugs and other products.
Ben Norton, an emeritus professor at Utah State University, penned an article for Progressive Cattleman earlier this year titled “Why science doesn’t support rotational grazing,” which caught a high amount of interest from readers. We asked Norton some follow-up questions for our December year-in-review issue. Here were his responses:
Every producer meeting I attend and every time I go to the local sale barn, I can’t help but notice the gray hair everywhere. It speaks to the wisdom accumulating in the cattle industry, but it also poses some scary questions: “Where are the kids?” and “Who will lead this industry into the future?”
Farmer and rancher Steve Rader will tell you the drought of 2011 is over. He will also tell you the countryside where he resides and makes a living is consistently a dry country – slow to recover and heal. A Texas native, Rader is the third generation on the land he owns and manages in the Panhandle region near Follett.
Newport Laboratories Inc. has developed a new multilocus sequence typing (MLST) technique for Mycoplasma bovis, a significant cause of disease in cattle.
While consumers increasingly want to know more about how their food is produced, issues surrounding antibiotic use and the development of disease-resistant bacteria have taken center stage in recent media and legislative discussions.
Innovative Livestock Services Inc. (ILS) today announced the appointment of Jerry Kuckelman as president and CEO; he is replacing Lee Borck who will remain with the company as chairman of the board.
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