| GROUND BEEF GETS A "RAW DEAL" IN MEDIA COVERAGE |
| 05/14/2012 04:14 PM |
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A Mississippi State University meat scientist is describing recent media reports as irresponsible journalism that casts a shadow over established practices that make certain ground beef products healthier and safer.
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| RECORD KEEPING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HARD |
| 05/14/2012 04:13 PM |
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As calf prices increase and more volatility comes to the input side of beef production, completing the task is more important than ever and some of the loopholes or shortcuts no longer exist when it comes to profitable beef production.
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| ANTIBIOTICS GIVEN TO CATTLE FOR SAME REASONS AS HUMANS |
| 05/08/2012 04:05 PM |
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In Part 2 of this series we will review the use of antibiotics in cattle, both therapeutic (injected and fed) and non-therapeutic (fed – used to address sickness or to improve animal performance), applications.
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| IT'S THE PITTS -- BACKGROUND CHECK |
| 05/08/2012 04:04 PM |
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We met at high noon, she was dressed completely in green from her pilates shoes to her forest green sweatband. She wore spandex leotards, an Audubon pin and a Sierra Club tee shirt with John Muir's face on it.
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| HUNTIN' DAYLIGHT -- TWO SIDES OF CONSUMER RESPONSE |
| 05/07/2012 04:55 PM |
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Consumers and the mainstream media are a fickle lot, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad.
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| USE CAUTION WHEN RESTOCKING AFTER DROUGHT |
| 05/07/2012 04:54 PM |
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Experts with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are advising beef cattle producers to use caution and strategic planning when thinking about restocking herds after drought.
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| LIPSCOMB HONORED BY ALABAMA BCIA |
| 05/02/2012 03:57 PM |
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The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association recently honored William “Bill” Lipscomb as the 2011 Richard Deese Award recipient during their Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with the 69th Annual Alabama Cattlemen's Association Convention in Huntsville on March 31st.
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| CHECKOFF RELEASES BEEF TENDERNESS SURVEY |
| 05/02/2012 03:57 PM |
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With funding from the beef checkoff, the industry has been tracking beef tenderness for 20 years with the first benchmarking survey conducted in 1990. In more recent surveys, foodservice cuts were added and a consumer sensory panel was substituted for previously used trained sensory panels because the consumer's perception of tenderness is the ultimate determinant of a cut's success.
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| PRODUCERS FACE SCRUTINY FROM PUBLIC OVER ANTIBIOTIC FEEDING |
| 04/25/2012 04:14 PM |
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The use of antibiotics in food animal feeding has been a common practice for years. It has also been under fire from a variety of scientists, doctors, consumer groups and the media for years.
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| BLACK INK -- FAMILIAR OR LOADED WORDS |
| 04/25/2012 04:13 PM |
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By its simplest definition, a cliché is something you have heard before. Writers are taught to avoid using them unless it is with a twist or to “shine new light on” something previously unexplored or even imagined.
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| IT'S THE PITTS -- OR SO I HEAR |
| 04/24/2012 04:25 PM |
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I am one of the 10 percent of adult Americans who don't own a cell phone. It's not that I think cell phones are the work of the devil, or that they aren't handy, it's just that I am far too busy listening to other people's conversations to have one of my own.
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| BLACK CREST FARMS HOSTS ANNUAL SALE |
| 04/24/2012 04:27 PM |
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The Black Crest Farms Annual Sale was held February 11, 2012 in Sumter, S.C.
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Re: Mad Cow (sort of)
She sounds like an awesome cow Grandpa, you should be proud to have her.
Re: experienced cattleman needed
Unless you can persuade one of those students to put it in writing that they heard, you're back to square one.
Re: Heifer Hernia?
No, she's the only hernia I've seen in the herd. She's gone now, but had four calves before she went open. None of them were heifers, so they would have left the farm very young.
Re: here is the lyrics guess the song and artist
I know but I searched for it. never heard of the artist but will give it a listen.
Re: getting bottle calf back on cow
Glad all worked out well for Olga and her new calf. The lessons are hard, sometimes doing everything you can do won't be enough and it hurts to lose one. I guarantee you though that even with every mistake you have/will make your cows are better o...
Re: Another crazy heifer
7kaufman wrote:This is a little bit of a late reply to your situation. But I use a drug called atravet on cows lke that. Calms them right down in about 30 min. I also use that to graft calves onto cows. It works every time. Had the vet up this AM ...
Re: deenranch
Re: First calf off of cows bought in march
i'm assuming the Cow is Char x the sire was a reg angus
here is the lyrics guess the song and artist
...I'd kinda like to take his placeIssuing a long-reined equine graceSaddle tramping the world on the wind like a strangerHe's he'd a few good tearsBetween criollo earsAnd all he knows is the trail goes on and onAnd he's the only long rider I know...
Re: JUST AI'D 10 COWS...WOW!
Hope you have good success rates! Just wait until the calves come. Our first AI calf that was born was pretty special. The first one that I had AI'd myself - I was ready to pass out the cigars.
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