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Follow BQA guidelines when treating, selling cows

July 8, 2013

Summer time often brings a few infectious ailments to beef cows. Common problems include eye infections and foot rot. Treatment of affected cows will often involve the use of antibiotics.

W.F. Young releases new multi-insect control

July 8, 2013

W.F. Young Inc., makers of Absorbine animal care products, has released Flys-X Ready-To-Use Insecticide, a multi-species insect control.

AgriLabs expands its range of dewormers with new product

July 5, 2013

AgriLabs, an animal health, sales and marketing group with distribution throughout the U.S., has expanded its range of dewormers with Agri-Mectin Plus Clorsulon.

Dodging projectiles: Dealing with 'winds of change'

July 2, 2013

Cathy Bandyk

There is no shortage of quotable quotes regarding the topic of change. The only constant is change. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Change before you have to. One I like comes courtesy of Despair Inc., accompanied by a photo of a tornado: When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can turn into deadly projectiles.

Stable flies can decrease cattle weight, producer profits

July 2, 2013

There is plenty of research regarding the economic impact of flies on cattle. “The loss is always in the hundreds of millions of dollars range, which is hard to comprehend,” said Eldon Cole, a livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension.

Agriculture water: Protecting the future of our nation

July 2, 2013

Agricultural water: A national issueAgriculture shapes the fabric of the U.S. The world has no match for our Midwest breadbasket, vast rangelands, irrigated fruit and vegetable farms, carefully sustained timberlands, and southern cotton fields. American agriculture, in its varied abundance, feeds, clothes, and provides us with renewable fuels. It shaped and sustained us in the past, provides secure and abundant food and  fuel today, and will determine our future.

Cattle producers to network, explore beef business at upcoming conference

July 2, 2013

The Red Angus Association of America and the American Simmental Association are again teaming up to gather forward-thinking producers at the eighth annual Young Guns Conference, July 17-19 in Loveland, Colorado.

Next Generation Agricultural Conference scheduled for Abilene July 18

July 2, 2013

Blair Fannin

Capital Farm Credit and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be hosting a conference July 18 in Abilene designed to help the next generation of agricultural producers enter into the business or help current farmers and ranchers expand their operations.

2013 cattle markets at mid-year

July 2, 2013

Derrell S. Peel

With the first half of the year behind us, it is useful to take a look at what has happened and the prospects for the second half of 2013. Beef demand has been and remains a crucial question, perhaps even more so in the second half of the year. Currently, Choice boxed beef prices are roughly $127 per hundredweight, about one dollar above prices at this time last year.

Moore appointed new Digi-Star president and CEO

July 2, 2013

Malcolm "Mac" F. Moore has been appointed president and CEO of Digi‐Star LLC, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of advanced measuring systems and software used in the precision agriculture sector.

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