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
BeefTalk: Ear tags provide access to markets
Mar 12, 2010 12:38 pm
Lawmakers probe lax enforcement of animal rules
Mar 12, 2010 11:48 amFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The knives at the slaughterhouse weren’t properly sanitized, a government investigator said, and employees at the meatpacking plant didn’t know how to test the carcasses of days-old veal calves for a dangerous pathogen. Food safety conditions were so poor at the Vermont p...Cattle prices sizzle; beef may soon follow
Mar 04, 2010 1:21 pm
Horse News
Horse Calendar
Mar 12, 2010 12:15 pmNDSU Equine Center to open flood season emergency horse shelter
Mar 12, 2010 12:12 pmMyllymaki workshop coming to Valley City
Mar 12, 2010 12:11 pm
Hog News
Minn. farmers named ’09 pork industry environmental stewards
Mar 12, 2010 12:51 pmRussia re-opens pork market; U.S. plants apply for approval
Mar 12, 2010 12:50 pmSwine nutrition training available for pork producers
Mar 04, 2010 1:25 pm


