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Bill would ease controlled substances law for veterinarians
The Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act will enable veterinarians to legally use certain drugs away from their practice facility.
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Grass clippings = cattle feed
Republic Services, a waste disposal company located in Boise, Idaho, and surrounding areas, is looking at utilizing grass trimmings in a program that would turn the often wasted item into silage.
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If you are ready to bale it, have you planned to save it?
Beef producers should recognize the value of forages in their operations. Beef animals are ruminants and are designed to function on adequate supplies of good quality forage.
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Drought far from over in western plains
The nation’s persistent drought is worsening in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado as it continues to spread to the west.
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Ag markets were decidedly mixed Thursday morning
Despite the system that came through the Corn Belt Wednesday, it looks as if short-term weather conditions will remain highly conducive to accelerated corn plantings.
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Catching cattle an unlisted job requirement for Oklahoma deputies
A high number of cattle escaping pastures in the last month have resulted in car accidents, cattle deaths and lost time for deputies in Payne County, Oklahoma.
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Tips for assessing spring alfalfa stands
After a longer than average winter in the Midwest, assessing spring stands will be particularly important to a successful alfalfa crop this year.
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Reducing stress at branding time
Branding of livestock has served as an important method of permanent identification for thousands of years.
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Prevent injury when working cattle this spring
Lots of cattle will be worked or “chuted” this spring and several producers will be injured due being careless, working the cattle to rapidly, and having their mind “somewhere else.”
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Canadian rancher near national park loses calf to bear attack
A Canadian cattle rancher near the Montana border has seen bear around his property before, but until last week he never had one claw its way into his barn.
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Senate committee to consider ag workers, E-verify next week
The Senate Judiciary Committee continues its review of the immigration reform bill and 300 amendments to it, with provisions related to the fresh produce industry likely to be discussed the week of May 20.
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- Showers to slow U.S. corn seedings from blistering pace
- White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
- Weather report: Thunderstorms dot the southern Plains
- Corn market reacted poorly to the Crop Progress data
- Oil falls on concern about Federal Reserve direction
- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
