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Cattle Outlook: Record corn harvest expected but planting lags
Corn planting is falling farther behind normal. As of May 5, 12% of corn acres were planted compared to 69% a year ago and a 5-year average of 47% planted by May 5.
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19-year-old balances three jobs with full-time farming
Austin Midkiff thinks, breathes and lives farming. It’s all he has done since he was six years old.
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Ask a farmer: Antibiotics in your food
We asked a farmer "Are antibiotics okay in your food?" Farm mom, Charity, answers the question and provides her thoughts.
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Canada cattle report: Canfax steer, heifer prices move higher
The Alberta cash to futures basis strengthened to a seasonal -3.94. Western Canadian fed slaughter for the week ending April 27th was 1% larger than the previous week.
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Slow-growing pastures need more warmth, not added fertility
After a long, slow start, pasture grass just needs more time and warm weather.
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Jolley: Five Minutes with Dr. Michael Doyle and those Superbugs
You should have read it. The story was in all the newspapers last month. Issued by the Food and Drug Administration, it was called the NARMS (National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System) study and it created panic in the streets.
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BeefTalk: To pass, 60 percent must calve in 21 days
As the calving season winds down, check the calving book. Count the number of cows that calved within 21 days from when the third mature cow calved. Keep counting until you get to the end of the calving book.
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Commentary: VB6 and more anti-livestock propaganda
New York Times food writer Mark Bittman promotes his new diet book, and nationally syndicated columnist David Sirota claims livestock production helps “incinerate the planet.” They’re both wrong.
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Opening packing house doors
AMI’s Jane Riley discusses the response to its “Glass Walls Project,” developed with Dr. Temple Grandin to offer the public an objective, non-scripted look at livestock slaughter.
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Hay moisture and how to measure it
Making good hay is not a guessing game – especially where moisture levels are concerned, said Dirk Philipp, assistant professor for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
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Water for Food speaker: 'Time is running out; time for action'
"It is now the time for action, we must take our research, our knowledge to the people. The solutions are within our reach."
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- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Oklahoma producers have access to new OQBN tool
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Schwieterman: Cattle futures end week with sharp losses
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
