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Antibiotics measure introduced
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act. Her bill would...
Real-world realities
While some rejoiced at the news, other folks were disappointed with USDA's announcement last fall that the National Animal Identification System would...
Shoo, Fly
Those old-time Chinese warriors had some pretty sage wisdom know your enemy. To that, modern combatants in the annual Fly Wars add that it's a good idea...
All Tagged Up
Michigan made history last month when it became the first state requiring electronic ID tags on all cattle moving off the farm in commerce...
Are You Prepared To Document Your Animal Welfare?
This week, Burger King announced its plans to eliminate the use of crates among its pork and poultry suppliers...
Michigan Mandatory RFID Program Goes Well
Michigan's mandatory electronic-ID program for cattle went into effect March 1, and the nation's first statewide, comprehensive, electronic, animal-health tracking system for cattle ...
Eliminating PI Animals Makes Economic Sense
Montana cattle ranchers still have time to screen their herds for animals persistently infected (PI) with the bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus. And the managers of the Montana BVD-PI Herd Screening Project...
Understanding What Vaccine Label Claims Mean
Vaccines are an essential tool for aiding in the prevention and control of infectious diseases in cattle. There are more than 200 vaccines and vaccine combinations...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
