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Update Regarding Eastern Livestock, LLC

By | Cattle

From the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on or around Nov. 3, 2010, Eastern Livestock Company, LLC, (Eastern) began issuing unfunded checks to producers for livestock purchased by Eastern in different markets. Eastern is headquartered in New Albany, Ind., and according to USDA,…

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Beef Production In China

By | Cattle

Excerpted from an interesting 2007 paper by several authors from the University of Sydney, Charles Sturt University and James Cook University in Australia China had only 71.68 million cattle (including buffalo) in 1980. This total reached 141.58 million in 2005. The number of slaughtered animals reached 52.88 million in 2005,…

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Arizona Rethinking Open Range Law

By | Ranches

By Marc Lasey Published in the New York Times: October 11, 2010 PHOENIX — They have startled the residents of Ahwatukee, a bedroom community in southern Phoenix. They have tramped on lawns and damaged vehicles in Rio Rancho, a neighborhood of tract homes outside Albuquerque. A Border Patrol agent lost…

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