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ANTIBIOTICS GIVEN TO CATTLE FOR SAME REASONS AS HUMANS
In Part 2 of this series we will review the use of antibiotics in cattle, both therapeutic (injected and fed) and non-therapeutic (fed – used to address sickness or to improve animal performance), applications.
8 May 2012, 5:05 pm | click here to view more
IT'S THE PITTS -- BACKGROUND CHECK
We met at high noon, she was dressed completely in green from her pilates shoes to her forest green sweatband. She wore spandex leotards, an Audubon pin and a Sierra Club tee shirt with John Muir's face on it.
8 May 2012, 5:04 pm | click here to view more
HUNTIN' DAYLIGHT -- TWO SIDES OF CONSUMER RESPONSE
Consumers and the mainstream media are a fickle lot, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad.
7 May 2012, 5:55 pm | click here to view more
USE CAUTION WHEN RESTOCKING AFTER DROUGHT
Experts with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are advising beef cattle producers to use caution and strategic planning when thinking about restocking herds after drought.
7 May 2012, 5:54 pm | click here to view more
PRODUCERS FACE SCRUTINY FROM PUBLIC OVER ANTIBIOTIC FEEDING
The use of antibiotics in food animal feeding has been a common practice for years. It has also been below flame from a variety of scientists, doctors, consumer groups and the media for years.
25 Apr 2012, 5:14 pm | click here to view more
BLACK INK -- FAMILIAR OR LOADED WORDS
By its simplest definition, a cliché is something you have heard before. Writers are taught to avoid using them unless it is with a twist or to “shine new light on” something previously unexplored or even imagined.
25 Apr 2012, 5:13 pm | click here to view more
BLACK CREST FARMS HOSTS ANNUAL SALE
The Black Crest Farms Annual Sale was held February 11, 2012 in Sumter, S.C.
24 Apr 2012, 5:27 pm | click here to view more
IT'S THE PITTS -- OR SO I HEAR
I am one of the 10 percent of adult Americans who don't possess a cell phone. It's not that I think cell phones are the work of the devil, or that they aren't handy, it's just that I am far too busy listening to other people's conversations to have one of my possess.
24 Apr 2012, 5:25 pm | click here to view more
PROPER DEVELOPMENT LEADS TO PRODUCTIVE COWS
Finding common ground when it comes to developing the next generation of productive cows has always been a challenge for the beef industry.
23 Apr 2012, 5:35 pm | click here to view more
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOOTER MCCORMICK...GULLY'S BAPTISM
If you've ever been a pallbearer, fighting to keep hold of your part of the precious cargo, lest your slip sets loose a chain reaction that ultimately upends the proverbial applecart, then you have some idea how desperate Thomas Terwilliger was becoming.
23 Apr 2012, 5:35 pm | click here to view more
LIPSCOMB HONORED BY ALABAMA BCIA
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association recently honored William “Bill” Lipscomb as the 2011 Richard Deese Award recipient during their Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with the 69th Annual Alabama Cattlemen's Association Convention in Huntsville on March 31st.
2 May 2012, 4:57 pm | click here to view more
CHECKOFF RELEASES BEEF TENDERNESS SURVEY
With funding from the beef checkoff, the industry has been tracking beef tenderness for 20 years with the first benchmarking survey conducted in 1990. In more recent surveys, foodservice cuts were added and a consumer sensory panel was substituted for previously used trained sensory panels because the consumer's perception of tenderness is the ultimate determinant of a clip's success.
2 May 2012, 4:57 pm | click here to view more
SENEPOL BULL TEST SALE TO BE HELD APRIL 21, 2012 IN BLADENBORO, NC
The Senepol Bull Test Sale will be held April 21, 2012 at HJ White Farm in Bladenboro, NC.
18 Apr 2012, 4:09 pm | click here to view more
New Alabama.gov Introduces Efficient Features to State’s Official Website
The State of Alabama recently unveiled its new and improved official website, http://Alabama.gov, introducing the most user-friendly design yet. With the award-winning website’s sl
17 May 2012, 9:43 am | click here to view more
Tax for Bankrupt Alabama County Fails in State House
The Alabama home refused to consider allowing bankrupt Jefferson County, Alabama, to lift taxes, which may guide to further cuts in services and more missed bond payments.
17 May 2012, 9:00 am | click here to view more
Alabama senators approve immigration bill
Alabama senators approved a new bill aimed at improving the state's controversial immigration law Wednesday, but critics said the new measure might make things worse.
17 May 2012, 8:02 am | click here to view more
Alabama fan indicted on after-BCS game sex charge
NEW ORLEANS (AP) An Alabama fan was charged Thursday with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship game.
17 May 2012, 7:59 pm | click here to view more
Alabama governor wants more discussion on immigration law
Alabama's governor on Thursday called in lawmakers for a special session in part to further explore changes to the state's anti-illegal immigration law, considered the country's toughest.
17 May 2012, 6:50 pm | click here to view more
CATTLE PRODUCERS OFFERED NATIVE GRASSES INFORMATION
An informational program and station tour of Mississippi State University's Prairie Research Unit will focus on native grass and cattle production May 31.
17 May 2012, 4:50 pm | click here to view more
Alabama fan indicted for crude prank
An Alabama fan has been charged with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS Championship Game.
17 May 2012, 4:20 pm | click here to view more
Alabama legislature passes new immigration bill
Alabama lawmakers passed a new bill Wednesday aimed at improving the state's controversial immigration law, but critics said the new measure might make things worse.
16 May 2012, 9:46 pm | click here to view more
Alabama senators approve immigration bill; protesters arrested
Alabama senators approved a new bill aimed at improving the state's controversial immigration law Wednesday, but critics said the new measure might make things worse.
16 May 2012, 5:54 pm | click here to view more
Lawmakers approve tweaks to Alabama immigration law
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama lawmakers passed a new bill to revise the state's controversial immigration law on Wednesday, hoping to fend off more legal challenges to the toughest state measure on immigration in the United States. The bill, whose final approval now rests with Alabama's governor, largely keeps intact a law approved last year that has sparked lawsuits by the Obama ...
16 May 2012, 11:44 pm | click here to view more
Alabama beer lovers wait for action on brew bills
Alabama beer lovers are pleased that the state Legislature passed a measure to allow beer to be sold in larger containers, but they're still awaiting the fate of a measure to legalize home brewing.
15 May 2012, 10:40 am | click here to view more
GROUND BEEF GETS A "RAW DEAL" IN MEDIA COVERAGE
A Mississippi State University meat scientist is describing recent media reports as irresponsible journalism that casts a shadow over established practices that make certain ground beef products healthier and safer.
14 May 2012, 5:14 pm | click here to view more
RECORD KEEPING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HARD
As calf prices increase and more volatility comes to the input side of beef production, completing the task is more important than ever and some of the loopholes or shortcuts no longer exist when it comes to profitable beef production.
14 May 2012, 5:13 pm | click here to view more
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