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Ascent of the chicken wing
Beef really needs a chicken-wing equivalent.
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McDonald’s lets Aussies “TrackMyMacca’s”
Consumers want to know where their food comes from, and - in Australia at least - McDonald's is utilizing cutting-edge technology to identify farmers, ranchers, fishermen and other suppliers.
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Profit Tips: Equipment - Precondition for animal welfare
Might preconditioning of calves become a requirement? Dan Thomson, DVM, PhD, Beef Cattle Institute, Kansas State University, thinks it could happen and that it should.
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Issues that Matter: COOL confusion
Does mandatory country-of-origin labeling increase consumer demand for U.S. beef? R-CALF USA believes it does.
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Profit Tips: Nutrition - Using silage to stretch hay supplies
Due to the shortage of conventional forages and drought damage to many corn fields this year, cow-calf producers are feeding more corn silage than usual.
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Profit Tips: Reproduction - Cow temperament affects reproduction
Research from Oregon State University indicates aggressive cows have lower reproduction rates than calm cows and that acclimating heifers to low-stress handling can benefit fertility.
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Profit Tips: Equipment - Calm in the chute
Texas rancher Louie Woodall has seen his share of calves lunging forward, kicking or otherwise struggling while restrained in a squeeze chute, creating a risk of injuring themselves or processing-crew members.
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Profit Tips: Management - Does stalk grazing reduce yields?
Corn residue offers a cost-effective winter grazing option for producers across the Corn Belt, especially when hay supplies are tight and prices high.
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Profit Tips: Financial Planning - Tax planning following drought
The drought disaster declaration has given livestock producers in many areas options for deferring income from livestock sales in 2012.
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Profit Tips: High feed costs boost value of preg-checking
With hay and grain prices at historic highs, the cost of feeding open cows this winter will have a greater impact on profitability than ever before.
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Farm employment, wages increase
The number of workers hired on U.S. farms and ranches increased this summer and fall, as did their wages compared with the same periods a year ago. According to a recent Farm Labor report from USDA, there were 872,000 workers hired directly by farm operators during the week of Oct. 7 to 13, 2012, up more than 5 percent from the same week in October 2011.
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