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US Feed Outlook
By ERS USDA. This monthly report examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries. Focuses on corn; also contains information on sorghum, barley, oats, and hay.
By ERS USDA. This monthly report examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries. Focuses on corn; also contains information on sorghum, barley, oats, and hay.
Indonesian Dairy and Products Annual 2008
Indonesian imports of non fat dry milk and whole milk powder are estimated to increase to 159,000 MT and 44,000 MT respectively due to continued economic growth, a stable political outlook, continued per capita consumption increase, and growing health...
Indonesian imports of non fat dry milk and whole milk powder are estimated to increase to 159,000 MT and 44,000 MT respectively due to continued economic growth, a stable political outlook, continued per capita consumption increase, and growing health...
Residual Feed Intake: a System for Efficiency
Residual Feed Intake is a programme designed for the issues of today. Where once breeding programmes focused on increasing outputs, now they are concerned with inputs and how to maximise profit by decreasing costs, writes Adam Anson, reporting for Th...
Residual Feed Intake is a programme designed for the issues of today. Where once breeding programmes focused on increasing outputs, now they are concerned with inputs and how to maximise profit by decreasing costs, writes Adam Anson, reporting for Th...
Dairy Crossbreeding: Why and How
There has been renewed interest in dairy crossbreeding as new advantages come to light. Bennet Cassell, Virgina Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech) and Jack McAllister, University of Kentucky, explain why producers should consider crossbreeding...
There has been renewed interest in dairy crossbreeding as new advantages come to light. Bennet Cassell, Virgina Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech) and Jack McAllister, University of Kentucky, explain why producers should consider crossbreeding...
The Optimum Cow
The Optimum Cow - defining, identifying and propagating her has proven to be a challenge over time, writes Scott P. Greiner, Ph.D., Extension Beef Specialist, VA Tech.
The Optimum Cow - defining, identifying and propagating her has proven to be a challenge over time, writes Scott P. Greiner, Ph.D., Extension Beef Specialist, VA Tech.
US Beef and Dairy Outlook Report - October 2008
By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the October 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.
By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the October 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.
Greenhouse Gases and Environmental Impacts of the Livestock Industry
The livestock sector is not only contributing to global warming, it is suffering from it as well, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, TheCattleSite.
The livestock sector is not only contributing to global warming, it is suffering from it as well, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, TheCattleSite.
Tackling Dairy Cow Welfare Issues
Laura Boyle and Gabriela Olmos describe their work on elucidating the advantages of grass-based dairy systems from an animal welfare perspective, thereby increasing the competitiveness of the dairy industry. This article, a product of the Irish Agriculture...
Laura Boyle and Gabriela Olmos describe their work on elucidating the advantages of grass-based dairy systems from an animal welfare perspective, thereby increasing the competitiveness of the dairy industry. This article, a product of the Irish Agriculture...
Accelerated Growth Programs for Milk-Fed Calves
The most recent USDA National Animal Health Monitoring System survey reported that preweaning mortality of heifers alive at 48 hr of age was 7.9 %, says James K. Drackley, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This feature was taken from...
The most recent USDA National Animal Health Monitoring System survey reported that preweaning mortality of heifers alive at 48 hr of age was 7.9 %, says James K. Drackley, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This feature was taken from...
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
US red meat production is expected to continue to be strong in 2008 as higher broiler and turkey output offsets lower pork output according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from the USDA.
US red meat production is expected to continue to be strong in 2008 as higher broiler and turkey output offsets lower pork output according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from the USDA.
Dairy Cow Mortality: A Growing Problem
The Dairy 2007 USDA survey reported that 5.7% of cows died on-farm across the country in 2006, writes Marcia Endres, Extension Dairy Scientist, University of Mississippi.
The Dairy 2007 USDA survey reported that 5.7% of cows died on-farm across the country in 2006, writes Marcia Endres, Extension Dairy Scientist, University of Mississippi.
Traceability and Quality to Meet Consumer Expectations
Consumers are expecting more from the products they eat than they used to, writes TheCattleSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
Consumers are expecting more from the products they eat than they used to, writes TheCattleSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
Improved Variants of Forage Lead to Energy Efficiency
The efficient use of energy and nitrogen is of increasing importance to the average producer as they strive to get higher returns from forage. To help them achieve this new benchmark of efficiency improved variants of forage are being produced, writes...
The efficient use of energy and nitrogen is of increasing importance to the average producer as they strive to get higher returns from forage. To help them achieve this new benchmark of efficiency improved variants of forage are being produced, writes...
A Closer Look at US CAFOs and the Data Void
Animal feeding operations in the United States have shot up by 230 per cent in the last twenty years. These large and crowded farm practises often lead to high levels of waste and inevitable pollution, but whilst trying to measure just how serious the...
Animal feeding operations in the United States have shot up by 230 per cent in the last twenty years. These large and crowded farm practises often lead to high levels of waste and inevitable pollution, but whilst trying to measure just how serious the...
Distillers Grains
With the growing ethanol industry and high grain prices, distillers grains have became an important discussion topic. Specialists, Bill Weiss, Maurice Eastridge, Dianne Shoemaker and Normand St-Pierre of the Ohio State University Extension, discuss what...
With the growing ethanol industry and high grain prices, distillers grains have became an important discussion topic. Specialists, Bill Weiss, Maurice Eastridge, Dianne Shoemaker and Normand St-Pierre of the Ohio State University Extension, discuss what...
