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Immigration raids pose industry dilemma
The raid by the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel on six Swift & Company plants dominated the news...
Riding to the Rescue
Sick-cattle management begins in the home pen — not in the hospital pen. And it's in the home pen where pen riders can create trust in cattle, resulting in the ability to identify...
Swift Is On The Auction Block
DOJ Charges 148 Detainees From Swift Raids
Packer Feeding Ban Legislation Introduced
Essential Rendering
Essential Rendering: All About the Animal By-products Industry documents the technologies, manufacturing procedures, capabilities, research and infrastructure...
Immigration Raids Send Shockwaves
Federal Sweep Of Illegal Workers Hits Six Swift Plants
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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...






















