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Drought and pasture management 2023

At the conclusion of a winter of feeding cows, this time of year we, (and the cows), look forward to green grass. Parts of Oklahoma have received some much needed rain over the past few weeks and yet a majority of the state remains in various degrees of drought. Moisture over the next few weeks will be […]

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Better beef biosecurity needed | Beef Magazine

A good on-farm biosecurity plan is the best way to prevent the introduction of outside diseases that could cause devastation to a herd. The problem is, the U.S. beef industry doesn’t have a good plan like the hog, chicken and turkey industries do. “We realize we are not the norm with having a biosecurity plan, […]

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Livestock groups back bills to expand meat packing capacity

National livestock groups have come together to support Congressional efforts to expand opportunities for industry to invest in meat packing capacity. The American Farm Bureau Federation, American Sheep Industry Association, Livestock Marketing Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Pork Producers Council and United States Cattlemen’s Association sent a letter to the Chairpeople and Ranking Members of the Senate […]

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Beef production decreasing; prices higher

As has been anticipated for several months, beef production is decreasing in 2023.  In the last four weeks, beef production has averaged 6.4 percent lower compared to the same period last year.  Lower beef production is the result of decreases in both cattle slaughter and carcass weights. Steer slaughter is down 5.3 percent year over […]

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Red Ridge the Label expanding to Longreach, Brisbane corporate clients | Queensland Country Life

It will showcase the three clothing lines so far designed – the debut collection, Diamantina, which highlights the work of Birdsville artists Aulpunda ‘Jean’ Barr-Crombie and Anpanuwa ‘Joyce’ Crombie; the follow-up collection, Georgina, named after the region the artists grew up in and featuring traditional Aboriginal bush medicines, wattle and gumby gumby; and Barki, introducing […]

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Top 25 Lotfeeders: No. 12 Thomas Foods International

Location: TFI Southern Cross Feedlot, Tintinara South Australia One-time capacity: 28,000 SCU – 30,000 head 2015 Top 25 position: n/a      2003 position: n/a New pens being constructed in the foreground at TFI’s Southern Cross feedlot in SA this year, with the original feeding pens in the background. Click on image for a larger view   IT IS no […]

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My Favourite Painting: Marie Soliman

Interior designer Marie Soliman chooses an unforgettable image by Mark Rothko, one of the most distinctive modern artists of the 20th century. Marie Soliman chooses No 14, 1960 by Mark Rothko ‘Rothko once said that he was interested only in experiencing basic human emotions — ecstasy, tragedy and joy — in the simplest of ways. […]

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