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Economic Impacts of Regulatory Responses to BSE
Using Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) as an example, this paper by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service demonstrates the pervasiveness of the effects of restrictive feed policies and regulations, particularly as...
Using Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) as an example, this paper by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service demonstrates the pervasiveness of the effects of restrictive feed policies and regulations, particularly as...
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
US meat production seems to be down all round this month, falling slightly behind expectations, says the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the USDA.
US meat production seems to be down all round this month, falling slightly behind expectations, says the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the USDA.
Milk and Milk Products: A Global Market Analysis
World food prices have fallen farther and faster than can be explained through production gains alone. Underlying the price slide are other important factors, including the financial crisis, the halving of world crude oil prices. Here, the FAO Food Outlook...
World food prices have fallen farther and faster than can be explained through production gains alone. Underlying the price slide are other important factors, including the financial crisis, the halving of world crude oil prices. Here, the FAO Food Outlook...
Proposition 2 - New Rules on Animal Welfare
Controversial animal welfare legislation was given the green light in California on 4 November at the same time that Barack Obama was being voted into office as the President of the USA, writes TheCattleSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
Controversial animal welfare legislation was given the green light in California on 4 November at the same time that Barack Obama was being voted into office as the President of the USA, writes TheCattleSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
Meeting Consumers' Food Safety Expectations
Consumers expect convenience and quality when they are buying food and particularly meat and that quality means safety and good eating quality, writes TheCattleSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
Consumers expect convenience and quality when they are buying food and particularly meat and that quality means safety and good eating quality, writes TheCattleSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
EU-27 Dairy and Products Annual 2008
Milk production and output of dairy products in the EU-27 is expected to increase in 2008 as a result of a higher overall milk production quota and growing domestic consumption of dairy products, reports USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service. A link to the...
Milk production and output of dairy products in the EU-27 is expected to increase in 2008 as a result of a higher overall milk production quota and growing domestic consumption of dairy products, reports USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service. A link to the...
New Zealand Dairy and Products Annual 2008
Milk production fell 3% in MY 2008 due to a drought that engulfed most of New Zealand during the summer months. Production is forecast to rebound by 8% in MY 2009, due largely to an increase of approximately 200,000 cows over the past two years, reports...
Milk production fell 3% in MY 2008 due to a drought that engulfed most of New Zealand during the summer months. Production is forecast to rebound by 8% in MY 2009, due largely to an increase of approximately 200,000 cows over the past two years, reports...
Turnover: Symptom or Disease
Ask a few dozen agricultural managers what their largest human resource management issue is and chances are a good many of them are going to say, “Turnover!”, writes Sarah L. Fogleman of Kansas State Research and Extension. This feature was taken from...
Ask a few dozen agricultural managers what their largest human resource management issue is and chances are a good many of them are going to say, “Turnover!”, writes Sarah L. Fogleman of Kansas State Research and Extension. This feature was taken from...
Australia Dairy and Products Annual 2008
Australian production of fluid milk for 2008/09 is forecast to increase by approximately two percent to 9,700 TMT, reports USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular data which...
Australian production of fluid milk for 2008/09 is forecast to increase by approximately two percent to 9,700 TMT, reports USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular data which...
Japan Dairy and Products Annual 2008
Thus far in 2008, Japan’s tightly controlled dairy sector has found it difficult to make the transition from a buyer’s to a seller’s market, with one symptom being retail butter shortages, says a USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service report. A link to the...
Thus far in 2008, Japan’s tightly controlled dairy sector has found it difficult to make the transition from a buyer’s to a seller’s market, with one symptom being retail butter shortages, says a USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service report. A link to the...
Substrates Increase On-farm Energy Production in Anaerobic Digesters
Farms that use substrates in their anaerobic digesters to produce biogas tend to produce more energy that those that do not, writes, Chris Harris, Senior Editor for TheCattleSite.
Farms that use substrates in their anaerobic digesters to produce biogas tend to produce more energy that those that do not, writes, Chris Harris, Senior Editor for TheCattleSite.
Moderate Energy Dry Cow Diets May Improve Postpartum Health
Have you eaten at one of those ‘all you can eat’ buffets recently? It’s a challenge (if not impossible) to stop eating even when you have met the recommended energy intake for your body size and work load for the day, writes Noah Litherland, University...
Have you eaten at one of those ‘all you can eat’ buffets recently? It’s a challenge (if not impossible) to stop eating even when you have met the recommended energy intake for your body size and work load for the day, writes Noah Litherland, University...
Dairy Strategies With Expensive Corn
Farmers across the country are dealing with high grain prices. A University of Illinois Extension Specialist explains some feeding alternatives and signals to monitor when decreasing starch in the ration, says Mike Hutjens, Extension Dairy Specialist,...
Farmers across the country are dealing with high grain prices. A University of Illinois Extension Specialist explains some feeding alternatives and signals to monitor when decreasing starch in the ration, says Mike Hutjens, Extension Dairy Specialist,...
Testing Forages for Quality
Testing Forages for Quality Can Save Dollars and Makes Cents When Designing Feeding Programs for the Herd, writes Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science Animal Science, University of Nebraska - Lincoln and published by Ohio State University Extension...
Testing Forages for Quality Can Save Dollars and Makes Cents When Designing Feeding Programs for the Herd, writes Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science Animal Science, University of Nebraska - Lincoln and published by Ohio State University Extension...
Argentina Dairy and Products Annual 2008
Argentine dairy exports in 2009 are forecast to increase, as expected larger milk production, stable domestic consumption and high stocks, will force the industry to ship larger volumes of dry whole milk and cheese, says USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service....
Argentine dairy exports in 2009 are forecast to increase, as expected larger milk production, stable domestic consumption and high stocks, will force the industry to ship larger volumes of dry whole milk and cheese, says USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service....
