Livestock News

Taking Stock of the Summer of Extremes: 2011
Huffington Post
Unbearable heat and humidity over six days in late July caused considerable losses of livestock on farms in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Heat indexes soared, with temperatures in some parts of the region feeling like 120 degrees -- and even as ...

Veterinarians On Call: New Reality Series Takes Viewers Inside America's Barns
PR Newswire (press release)
... Minnesota and Iowa Dr. Angie Supple of Algona, Iowa, self-proclaimed "city girl turned pig vet" with degrees from Notre Dame and Purdue Universities Dr. Don Goodman, of Navasota, Texas, a 30-year cattle veterinarian with a degree from Texas A&M. ...

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Franken: Trapping Crucial Until Gray Wolf is Delisted
FOX 9 News
In a letter to Vilsack, Franken said the gray wolf population has grown from near extinction to more than 3000 animals in Minnesota and they now pose a threat to citizens and livestock unless they are actively trapped and managed. ...

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Reduce risk of combine and field fires
Hutchinson Leader
... several parts of Minnesota are creating a high-risk situation for the spread of fires. For farmers, combine or field fires can result not only in loss of valuable equipment and crop, but also loss of human life, livestock, homes and other property. ...

Twin Cities Planet
OPINION | Farmers, 1099ers and multiplier effects
Twin Cities Planet
Almost any good news in rural Minnesota can be traced to improved livestock prices and by relatively high grain and oilseed prices that have only recently started to retreat. The multiplier effect shows how farms connect to manufacturing and the ...

Stevens County 4-H wraps up year at Awards Night
Morris Sun Tribune
Members of the Livestock Judging Team were recognized for their participation at the Minnesota State Fair. Coaches were Tyler Evink and Justin Johnston. Team members included Natalie Johnston, Jake Moser, Brady Wulf, Lloyd Lesmeister, Tim Anderson, ...

Symposium seeks 360-degree view of antibiotic issue
CattleNetwork.com
... Assistant Professor, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology “Livestock Associated MRSA: What is the Appropriate Level of Concern?”—Dr. Peter Davies, Professor, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine ...

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Good cattle from start to finish
High Plains Journal
Oak Meadow Farm has exhibited at several state, regional and national shows including the American Royal, North American International Livestock Exposition, Minnesota Beef Expo, Minnesota State Fair, Iowa State Fair and many regional and national ...

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Foreign farmers visit region
Austin Herald
Perhaps the biggest difference AGP has made in the eastern European region is offering its supply of a well known, high-protein livestock feed called Amino Plus. The region formerly lacked a high-protein feed, such as a soybean meal, and its overall ...

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U.S. Drought Monitor Report for the Week Ending Oct. 4 (Text)
Bloomberg
Several reports of dry pastures affecting livestock were noted, and despite recent near-normal precipitation, water supplies remain a concern in northwest Arkansas as well as throughout the large area of exceptional drought. The Ohio Valley: A swath of ...

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HobbyFarms.com (blog)
Fairs ... Or Farm Shows
HobbyFarms.com (blog)
The Minnesota State Fair maintains the livestock show where I exhibited my Ayrshire heifer 40 years ago. However, the major agricultural suppliers have long since pulled out of Machinery Hill, not that there aren't still many interesting exhibits to ...

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FOX 9 News
USDA Approves Minnesota's TB-Free Status
The Farmer
In recent years, status downgrades have been the cause of increased testing and movement requirements for Minnesota cattle, both in-state and out. With USDA approval, the status upgrade will bring relief to most Minnesota cattle producers. ...
Minnesota now free of bovine TBPioneer Press
USDA OKs Minnesota as bovine TB-freePost-Bulletin

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Team effort in play for farmers
Marshall Independent
Those in livestock need to align themselves with a good veterinarian, while those growing crops could benefit by finding the right fertilizer resources, machinery person, banker, marketer and management team. "Just as we have a team here, ...

FOX 9 News
Sen. Klobuchar secures funding for critical wolf management program
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
“This program is critical to keeping Minnesota livestock and residents safe, and a gap in this protection is simply unacceptable,” Klobuchar said. “That is why I worked closely with Secretary Vilsack to secure funding for the program until the wolf can ...
Feds find money for Minnesota wolf controlDuluth News Tribune
Feds to Fund Wolf Trapping in MinnesotaFOX 9 News
Agriculture secretary promises to keep wolf trapping program funded in MinnesotaThe Republic
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Looking Back - 1986: Minnesota West celebrates 50 years
Worthington Daily Globe
Making his first trip to the Minnesota Junior Livestock Show and exhibiting a $200 calf, 17-year-old Roger Bultman of Fulda walked off with the grand championship. Dr. SN Kingrey, local veterinarian, died Sunday at 1:15 pm at the Worthington clinic, ...

Minnesota farmers wrestle with one consequence of rising land values: higher ...
Pioneer Press
The higher prices, though, reflect good times for many Minnesota farmers. Compared with 2009, median net farm income in 2010 soared 260 percent to nearly $120000, thanks to a rebound in the livestock sector and robust grain prices, according to a ...

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Bovine tuberculosis restrictions lifted
Clovis News Journal
And, Bradley said, the restrictions subjected dairy and beef cattle producers to a series of costly and lengthy tests. “It's expensive and a pain,” said Charlie Rogers, owner and general manager of Clovis Livestock Auction. ...
Bovine Tuberculosis Restrictions LiftedABQ Journal (subscription)

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From 2007: A glimpse into the life of a trapper
Duluth News Tribune
His biggest surprise over more than 30 years has been how little livestock wolves actually kill in Minnesota. Of the 8000 or so farms in northern and central Minnesota where wolves roam, fewer than 150 have verified wolf attacks in an average year ...

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