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Values Improve For Heifers, Slaughter Cows

“These producers are likely to continue holding those calves until they get the pounds on…” The numb er of cattle that made their way to auction yards in Manitoba during the week ended Feb. 12 declined from the previous week’s level. Prices for the classes of cattle, however, held steady levels with some improvement evident
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Rain Doesn’t End California Water Fight

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California has been deluged with rain and snow this winter, but its epic tug of war over water rages on, this time in the form of a plan by U. S. Senator Dianne Feinstein to divert more water to the state’s farmers. Feinstein has infuriated environmental activists, fishing groups and even fellow California Democrats by
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Hypothermia And Frostbite Harmful In Herd

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All herd bulls should have breeding soundness exams 45 to 60 days after the last severe cold spell. Hypothermia and frostbite can be harmful to livestock, especially the newborns. “Hypothermia is a profound drop in body temperature,” says Charlie Stoltenow, North Dakota State University Extension Service veterinarian. “Animals less than 48 hours old or animals
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Prices Firm Up Despite Expectations

“…butcher cattle, in all honesty, remain at some pretty low values.” The movement of cattle to the various auction yards in Manitoba picked up significantly during the week ended Feb. 5. Prices for all classes of cattle held steady if not improved from the previous week’s level. “For heifers we saw some fairly sizable increases
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Canada Wheat, Barley Stocks Smaller Than Expected

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Canadian year-end stocks of all wheat, barley, canola and oats were smaller than they were the previous year due to farmers harvesting smaller crops, Statistics Canada said Feb. 5. Stocks of all wheat in grain bins and country elevators totalled 21.685 million tonnes on Dec. 31, which was 1.5 per cent less than a year
Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

The Wondrous Hindgut Of A Horse

CAROL SHWETZ DVM These large 1,000-pound animals owe most of their life-sustaining energy to billions of friendly micro-organisms, all linked in a co-operative, benevolent relationship. There is no particular part of a horse’s body that is any more important than another, yet the happenings within a horse’s hindgut seems to shape a horse’s attitude, immune
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Horse ID To Be Required For Killing Plants

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For horse owners whose list of acceptable options for getting rid of a surplus horse might include a dinner plate as a final destination, then the Canadian Food Inspection Agency would like you to know that the rules have changed. As of Jan. 31, 2010, equine owners intending to sell animals directly or indirectly to
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More Than One Way To Learn

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suPPlied Photo It all started with a pig. The pig, a gift from his father, was fed to market weight and then sold. Most kids his age would have spent the money on foolishness, but the young Kevin Hruska sunk his newfound wealth into a router and woodworking tools. With the router, he then made
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Faster Feed-Out Can Reduce Spoilage

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The fall of 2009 was fraught with weather-related harvest problems that hindered the storage of feedstuffs for many U. S. and Canadian producers. While spring seems a long way off, one must realize that once the freezing temperatures are gone, spoilage could be a risk, especially for those wet feeds and silages if they did

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