The Cattle Blog 2015

There has been many articles published on antibiotic resistance.  I usually try to read all of them, but this one really caught my eye.  I have NOT read the journal article, thus I have NOT seen how the analyses were performed.  Nevertheless, if what is in...

It's that time of year again.  The new feed composition table is out.  Here's the...

Last week, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposed a series of amendments to its Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) regulations. Specifically, the proposal would modify how the agency approves livestock marketing facilities that receive animals in interstate...

Every year I am asked about the nutritional value of feedstuffs and each year Beef Magazine provides a feed composition table in either on-line form or as a downloadable PDF file. ...

The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) has created Drug Use Guidelines for Bovine Practice to assist beef and dairy veterinarians in guiding appropriate, effective and legal drugs use on cattle operations. A special AABP task force, comprised of veterinary and...

Weed control is important for everyone involved in farming.  The Weed Control Guide for Ohio, Indiana and Illinois had been published on-line and is available as a PDF download.  There is...

By Michael Fielding on 1/12/2015 Most shoppers don’t take the time to look for labels indicating where the meat originated, according to new research. In October 2014, the World Trade Organization ruled in favor of Canada and Mexico, finding that the mandated country-of-origin labels (COOL) in the...

I enjoy reading Feedstuffs articles and came across this one that you might be interested in.  It was originally published on line here. DURING the recent Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver,...