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BSE breakthrough
Japan researchers believe they've succeeded in artificially triggering the onset of BSE in cattle. The Japan Economic Newswire reported last month several...
Japan reopens to U.S. beef
At press time, it appeared U.S. beef products would return to Japan just a week or so shy of the ban's two-year anniversary. On Dec. 12, 2005, Japan announced...
Tighter feed ban sought
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced S. 2002, the BSE and Other Prion Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act. The legislation seeks to ban...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
