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STOP, Thief!
Mention livestock identification nowadays and you're likely to get a wide range of reactions. Mention it to a rustler, however, and the reaction is likely...
Drainage system suspected
A final report on the United Kingdom's (UK) August outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) says it may have been caused by an aging drainage system at...
After Giving "All Clear," UK Finds More FMD
Just days after United Kingdom (UK) officials declared the Aug. 3 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) contained, the virulent disease was back. ...
New facility dedicated
USDA dedicated a new, $85-million, high-containment, large-animal facility in Ames, IA, last month. The facility combines several research facilities...
Canada feed regs
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced that bovine specified risk material (SRM) will be banned from all animal feed, pet food and fertilizer,...
U.S. develops FMD vaccine
USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), along with the Department of Homeland Security and GenVec Inc., have developed the first foot-and-mouth disease...
Canada Elimination of Bluetongue Testing Applauded
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has eliminated all bluetongue-related import restrictions on U.S. cattle entering Canada...
Bird Flu Hits Britain; Draws Trade Bans
Britain destroyed 159,000 turkeys this week following the discovery of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu on a farm in eastern England...
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...
