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The shape of things to come 

I came to a revelation recently that troubles me. Twenty years ago, my wife would have warned anyone to avoid the subject of animal-rights groups unless...

Producers share the blame 

Regarding the treatment of the downer dairy cows in the Chino, CA plant (“California Nightmare, March 2008 BEEF), my 45 years in the beef industry tell me...

Getting Better 

Manage. Monitor. Market. That's the best advice Dan Hale gives producers eager to enhance the quality and value of culled cows and bulls they send to...

Chino fallout continues 

At press time, four U.S. Senators had introduced bipartisan legislation seeking tougher penalties, including permanent closure, for firms that process...

Don't Stress 

Stress plays a major part in the development of respiratory disease, as well as an important role in herd health for the period of time right after calves...

More Questions 

The plant needs to shoulder the blame, but responsibility also resides with whoever decided to put those cattle on the truck and send them to the plant,...

Transportation effect on calves 

Calf management before transport influences later performance under stress, Canadian researchers say. Behavioral and physiological indicators of stress,...

An Ounce Of Prevention 

The reverberations of the Hallmark/Westland fiasco are still rippling through the industry. Amidst the fallout, cattlemen are asking themselves how they...

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From Our Columnists

Jim Gerrish

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...

Jim Gerrish Archive

Harlan Hughes

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...

Harlan Hughes Archive

Mark Hilton

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...

Vet's Opinion Archive

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