Editorial
Jolley: HSUS hangs Wyoming Premium Farms
Yup, they strung ‘em up from the nearest tree. Left them slowly twisting in the wind. The trial will be held later, but this hanging was done just to save some time. Wyoming Premium Farms was already found guilty in a kangaroo court. Judge Roy Bean presided.
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BeefTalk: Where are the elders?
In the world of beef production, all management directives are designed to maintain and improve the herd. Each cow, bull and calf is essential. Calving time serves to illustrate the strong desire and need to focus on each cow and calf.
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Jolley: 5 Minutes with Matt Liebman and sustainable agriculture
Iowa State’s Dr. Matt Liebman is a professor of agronomy and holds the Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture. He studied biological sciences at Harvard University and earned his Ph.D. in botany from the University of California-Berkeley. At ISU, he focuses on how to use ecology to maintain or increase agricultural production while reducing dependence on chemicals and fossil fuels.
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World food plentiful, but politics and policies interfere
The world is producing plenty of food, but inappropriate policies and poor management create major obstacles to feeding a growing population, according to Cornell University professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen.
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Jolley: The pork business has lost its butt
The competitive BBQ sport is a cutthroat business. Not when it comes to tossing a pork butt on the smoker, mind you, just when it comes to selecting a team name.
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Obama’s budget proposal would fund NBAF
President Barack Obama’s proposed budget sent to Congress Wednesday, includes $714 million to build the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) near Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.
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RFS Reform Act proposal would eliminate biofuels mandate
Congressmen introduce legislation that would ease what they believe are the impacts of the ethanol mandate, gaining approval from livestock groups. Opponents claim gutting the RFS is "circular logic" that benefits the oil industry.
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Commentary: Climate conversion
Can we have an enlightened conversation about climate change? Can I convince skeptics that, despite a lack of precision about its effects, we do indeed face a serious threat? Let me try.
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Cattle feeding margins improve, packer margins slip
Cattle feeding margins improved $30 per head last week, but cattle feeders continue to struggle with heavy losses. Beef packer margins eroded as cash cattle bids were $1 per hundredweight higher. Pork producer margins improved modestly.
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MRSA study flawed, resistance debate far from over
A European study claims to have uncovered the animal-to-human link of antimicrobial resistance. Not so fast, says a former USDA undersecretary for Food Safety, who finds the study has major flaws.
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Commentary: Re-defining the idea of ‘exotic’
Take two countries—remarkably similar in geography, climate, history and heritage: Why does one eagerly embrace unusual animal foods, while the other is horrified by the very concept?
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- Will Smith dethroned in latest Peterson Farm Bros. parody
- 3,000 pounds of copper wire stolen from Oklahoma ranch
- Changes in U.S.-Mexican cattle and beef trade
- Crude oil expected to peak and cost of electricity to go down
- Peterson Brothers: What summer vacation?
- E. coli test leads to National Beef recall
