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Domestic birds confirmed as hosts for bovine influenza A virus
Domestic birds that live in and around barns have been confirmed as the avian hosts of an outbreak on dairy farms in the United States of highly pathogenic avian influenza.…
Read More Take care of first-calf beef cows after calving
Despite some market volatility, the good value of all cattle is holding for the time being. That’s a good thing because last year, many cow-calf operators bred more replacement heifers…
Read More Three documentaries capture farm life on the grasslands
It’s not often a movie director arrives in a community and the ideas for the upcoming film come from the community and not the director. After director Scott Parker met…
Read More Indonesian professor unravels resurgence of FMD outbreak after 32 years
Dr. Aris Haryanto, a distinguished educator at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, delivered an inaugural lecture titled “Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Ruminants…
Read More Beef sector braces for bird flu
The strain of bird flu infecting U.S. dairy herds could become a problem for the beef sector, but it may not have the same effects as it did in the…
Read More Denmark bets on cow feed additive to reduce methane emissions
Denmark has agreed to help farmers finance a feed additive that is expected to reduce methane emissions from cattle by up to 30 per cent, as part of efforts to…
Read More The teenage years, beef cow edition
Anyone reading this column who has been a teenager or has raised one can appreciate how challenging and interesting those years can be. Even good teenagers can be expensive. In…
Read More Joining forces for new innovations
Alberta ranchers Austin and his father Larry Ruud came up with an idea for a new product, the way any farmer faced with making things work day in and day…
Read More NCBA: Tips to rebuild the cow herd
Dr. Dan Tracy, beef technical services veterinarian with Zoetis, recently spoke to The Cattle Site’s Sarah Mikesell at the NCBA Cattlemen’s Convention in Orlando, Florida, USA. Let’s talk about cow…
Read More Managing grazing through drought
I first met Dr. Alex Johnston, one of Canada’s leading range management scientists, at a 4-H camp that I was helping to lead in a wilderness area in the mountains…
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