Livestock News
Smaller meatpackers say inspection cuts shortsighted
Mar 10, 2010 12:31 pmINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s plan to lay off some meat inspectors to save money and reduce the time inspectors spend with small, independent processors has the industry and farmers fearing it could hurt what has been a growing industry.Man denies charges he starved 200 goats to death
Mar 09, 2010 11:18 am
Raising, counting sheep a family affair in Oregon
Mar 01, 2010 12:56 pmGLIDE, Ore. (AP) — Five-year-old Hannah Quimby turns the bummer lambs lose in the barn for their morning romp and run. She calls them by name — Blackie, Sparkles, Rose — names that she's given them.March 11 buffalo production workshop for a growing industry
Feb 25, 2010 1:12 pmGrowing wolf numbers renew tension over animal
Feb 24, 2010 3:42 pmSpring breeding decisions can influence marketing opportunities
Feb 09, 2010 3:46 pmNo more NAIS: USDA announces new framework for animal disease traceability
Feb 08, 2010 3:04 pmCAFO training set for Feb. 25 in Huron
Feb 05, 2010 10:59 am
Hope returns after year of steep US dairy losses
Feb 03, 2010 11:32 amMILWAUKEE (AP) — Only months ago, dairy producers were slaughtering an average of 50,000 dairy cows a week because a milk glut made it impossible to sell their milk for what it cost to produce. Now, with prices improving, dairy farmers are reversing course, saying they’ll produce as much milk as...Caring for animals when the lights go out
Jan 28, 2010 1:55 pm
Cattle News
Cattle prices sizzle; beef may soon follow
Mar 04, 2010 1:21 pmCalving workshops planned for Huron, Miller, Gann Valley on March 16
Mar 04, 2010 1:12 pm
Cows to chardonnay: Former Connecticut dairy farm diversifies
Mar 03, 2010 11:20 amWARREN, Conn. (AP) — A winter breeze rustles through the brittle and dormant vines twisting along the hills of Bill Hopkins’ vineyard, the latest transformation of a Connecticut farm that since 1786 has been keeping up with changing agriculture, markets and consumer tastes.
Horse News
Restless Wis. horse paints pictures to stay out of trouble
Mar 04, 2010 1:24 pmIRON RIDGE, Wis. (AP) — Buggs clenches the wooden handle of a paintbrush in his teeth and stands before an easel. Earlier, the 13-year-old stock-bred horse added broad, gray brushstrokes to a canvas board. Now, with gobs of yellow paint dripping from a narrow brush, he is ready to add a little det...Book explores earliest horses
Feb 25, 2010 2:52 pm20th annual South Dakota Horse Fair planned March 19-21 in Sioux Falls
Feb 25, 2010 1:18 pm
Hog News
Swine nutrition training available for pork producers
Mar 04, 2010 1:25 pmNational Pork Board looking to the future during Pork Industry Forum
Mar 01, 2010 1:25 pmOSHA to look into man’s death in Minn. hog barn
Feb 25, 2010 3:01 pm
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