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The Moly Manufacturing Hydraulic Neck Extender Bars provide a new industry standard in head and body control and provide three head control options: straight forward, left and right.
It came as a surprise to me that there is a brisk hedgehog business in the country. It shouldn’t have.
Earlier entrepreneurial promoters had done well with Chia Pets, pet rocks, longhorn cattle, ostriches and Humvees.
Hedgehogs (HH) are about the size of an orange with a pointy nose and spiny back. They bring to mind a cross between a pocket-porcupine and a scorpion fish.
ORIgen announces the opening of the director of sales and marketing position. After compiling the strongest first two quarters of sales and service in the history of the company, ORIgen has begun a comprehensive search for a director of sales and marketing to lead the continued growth and expansion of sales. Candidates for the position will need to have strong management skills and experience, a solid understanding of the databases of the Angus, Hereford, Red Angus and Simmental breeds and good command of the entire picture of the beef industry.
With breeders now in 28 states, the American Black Hereford Association has become the nation’s fastest growing cattle breed. As a result, the need for additional space has been mounting at their office near Leavenworth, Kansas. Located in the sale barn facility of pioneer breeder, J&N Ranch, it had simply out grown the space available. Late this summer the association moved its headquarters to Kansas City, Missouri.
The 2011-12 corn and soybean marketing years will be characterized by the need to reduce consumption of both crops. The magnitude of those needed reductions are not yet known and the prices needed to make those cuts will depend on the strength of underlying demand.
On Aug. 22 USDA-NASS released the semi-annual United States and Canadian Cattle report, which reported July 1 cattle numbers by class for each country along with a combined number. The report can be accessed at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/USCC/USCC-08-22-2011.pdf. It was not a surprise that cattle inventories in both countries continue to decline, because cow numbers in both countries have been declining for several years.
IDEXX Livestock and Poultry Diagnostics announces the worldwide release of the IDEXX Bovine Pregnancy Test—a test whose early, accurate results help shorten calving intervals and improve reproductive performance for dairy and beef producers.
Seedstock purchases made this fall and next spring can affect the performance and profitability of a cow/calf operation for years. This is why Kent Andersen,Ph.D., associate director technical services, Pfizer Animal Genetics, recommends that producers look for animals that come with genomic information.
The July heat took its toll on both the value and the condition of America’s dwindling commercial cattle supply. All-time record heat waves swept through the parts of the country that have the highest concentrations of cattle on pasture and in confinement facilities. Not only was the average temperature in July of 88.9 degrees the hottest on record for Oklahoma, but it was the hottest average monthly temperature ever for any month in any state.
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