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Prop 12 prevails in court, but future challenges remain

The United States Supreme Court ruled against the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation in a case challenging California’s Proposition 12 rules governing pork production. The 5-4 decision in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, who said, “While the Constitution addresses many weighty issues, the type […]

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Lessons in marketing and mental health

A comment I hear repeatedly from people who have attended one of my marketing schools is that the sell/buy method takes all the emotion out of it. There is only a small amount of the population that can do something and not have any kind of emotion. For the rest of us there is going […]

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Using Reproductive Tract Scoring for replacement heifer selection

In a normal year in Oklahoma, sometime during the spring, replacement heifers would be selected from the yearling females coming off wheat pasture. An individual producer’s selection criteria and breeding objectives would determine which heifers were to be retained. It would be safe to assume most heifers coming off wheat pasture would have achieved a […]

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Four ways to give your bedroom the luxury hotel treatment

Giles Kime explains how hotels can teach us to be ahead of inspirational design trends and how we can make our bedrooms design masterpieces. The great advantage of a hotel is that it’s a refuge from home life,’ wrote George Bernard Shaw. There’s no doubt that there should be a clear distinction between the two; […]

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What foods are Americans buying at dollar stores?

A market for an expanded grocery selection at dollar stores potentially exists, especially with consumers who live less than 10 minutes away, according to data reported in the April Consumer Food Insights report. The survey-based report out of Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability assesses food spending, consumer satisfaction and values, support of agricultural and food […]

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The day Elton John invaded the Cotswolds

As Elton John’s Rocket Records celebrates its 50th anniversary, former NME editor Steve Sutherland remembers the very boozy launch party, held in the unlikely, but charming Cotswolds setting of Moreton-in-Marsh. The date was set for Thursday, April 26, 1973. The invitations arrived in the form of a first-class Great Western Railway ticket. The ticket was […]

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