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Welfare Standards for Beef Cattle Production

By | Cattle

From the Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. The Global Animal Partnership has a five step program to reach their top level of standards for the welfare of cattle. Some of the things required may be of interest. You can’t use therapeutic drugs for market animals…

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Amazing Cows Book

By | Cattle

Christmas present idea! Amazing Cows: Udder Absurdity for Children by Sandra Boynton From Amazon: From Sandra Boynton—as it could only come from Boynton—an inventive new exuberant jumble of a book for the young reader. Amazing Cows is a picture book, a storybook, a book of fun and games—it’s all those…

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US-Korea Trade Deal

By | Cattle

From National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Chief Economist Gregg Doud “It is encouraging to see the United States and Korea one step closer to a working free trade agreement that will create jobs and increase the profitability of America’s cattlemen and women. For too long, we have missed opportunities to obtain…

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The Fairfield Farm

By | Cattle, Ranches

A really nice family, Ron and Suzanne Fairchild plus their 7 children, live on a farm in Canby, Minnesota (that’s near the South Dakota border). They grow many things, Suzanne is a talented artist, but what caught my interest is their feedlot operation. They have 500 head capacity, open air…

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