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Lynn Locatelli – Low Stress Cattle Handling

By | Cattle, Schools, Trainers

One of the best experts on the low stress cattle handling techniques first formulated by Bud Williams is veterinarian Lynn Locatelli. She was trained under Temple Grandin, who is a world-renowned cattle handler, author, and professor at Colorado State. Lynn emphasizes that all human contact shapes the animals’ behavior, that…

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China and Beef

By | Cattle

You don’t normally associate China and it’s 1.3 billion people with beef but a growing middle class in the Orient is making it more popular among consumers. China’s middle class today is the size of the ENTIRE United States. Senior economist Fred Gale with the USDA says “Steak houses have…

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Day of the Gaucho Waning in Argentina

By | Cattle, Cowboys, Ranches

Argentina’s Beef Debate: Feedlot or Grassland? By Juan Forero Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, September 10, 2009 The world’s top cattle producing countries have been penning up cattle for years, and now Argentina, which has slipped from the international beef dominance it once enjoyed, is following the trend. But a…

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