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Five Rivers Cattle Feeding hosts biosecurity event

Five Rivers Cattle Feeding recently hosted a one-of-a-kind event at their Kuner Feedlot in Kersey, Colorado, staging a mock enhanced biosecurity plan event. The event was attended by Five Rivers management teams, the Colorado State and Assistant State Veterinarians, USDA APHIS Veterinary Services, state extension veterinarians, the Beef Alliance, third party contractors, and Beef Northwest. […]

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Research team receives grant to study alfalfa autotoxicity

A multi-institutional research team led by Michigan State University has received a $946,349 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to explore alfalfa autotoxicity. The award is within NIFA’s Alfalfa Seed and Forage Systems program. The project is led by Kim Cassida, an associate professor in the […]

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More U.S. pork, beef plants approved for export to China

China’s General Administration of Customs recently approved 18 U.S. beef establishments and 12 U.S. pork establishments for export to China – the first new U.S. plants cleared for export to China in about 10 months. Erin Borror, U.S. Meat Export Federation vice president for economic analysis, says the plant approval process was streamlined by the […]

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WALGA president says rural shires responsibilities have increased | Farm Weekly

According to Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) president Karen Chappel, the level of responsibility being placed on rural shires to ensure allied health services, GPs, and other high level clinicians are available within their communities has increased in recent years, as well as the demand for mental health practitioners in WA’s country areas. Click […]

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Cow and heifer slaughter indicates continued herd liquidation

The January 1, 2023 Cattle inventory report included a beef cow herd of 28.9 million head, down 3.6 percent year over year and the smallest beef cow total since 1962.  More importantly going forward, the report also included an inventory of beef replacement heifers of 5.16 million head, down 5.8 percent from the previous year. […]

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