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Feedlot Location Requirements
Careful site selection is essential for the smooth operation of a livestock facility. A good location and sizable property is advantageous. However, isolation from neighbors, waterways, and urban areas will ease community relations.
2008-08-06 10:47:33.0 cattlenetwork.comBovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) was first recognized in the 1940s. One of the first meetings of the Academy of Veterinary Consultants in 1972 discussed the impact BVDV had on feedlot respiratory disease. Today the discussion continues, but now is laced with terminology including immunohistochemistry, cytopathic/non-cytopathic and persistent infection (PI). In the big picture, BVDV [...]
2008-07-24 10:58:47.0 Carlos Caminada and Flavia LimaBloombergJBS SA, the world’s biggest beef supplier, plans to finance as many as 4,000 Brazilian cattle producers to help them fatten calves faster in feedlots after supplies dwindled and prices surged.JBS aims to have as much as 350 million reais ($222 million) in outstanding loans by 2011, Jose Geraldo Dontal, the [...]
2008-07-21 08:51:07.0 cattlenetwork.comWeaning strategies are becoming an ever increasing topic of discussion for cow/calf operators and feedlot managers. Should the calves be weaned ahead of time at home before shipping? Should they be weaned on the truck on the way to the feedlot? Should the calves have fenceline contact with their mothers during the weaning process? Should [...]
2008-07-15 10:47:27.0 cattlenetwork.comCan manure be turned to gold?Well, probably not gold, but manure is a potential source of extra income for feedlot owners. And right now theres a lot of interest in selling feedlot manure to farmers or homeowners as fertilizer, according to Dr. Judson Vasconcelos, UNL feedlot nutrition and management specialist based at the Panhandle Research [...]
2008-07-05 23:16:08.0 The Idaho Department Of Agriculture Is Taking Comments This Month On A Plan To Revamp How It Determines Potential Risks To The Environment At Specific Sites When A New Feedlot Is Proposed.
2008-07-02 10:58:01.0 ED MERRIMANBaker City HeraldOut of concern for family ranchers who raise cattle for Country Natural Beef and the rights of employees at Beef Northwest feedlots, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon is calling for United Farm Workers to support a free, fair and neutral vote on union representation."Our position is that a vote should be taken as [...]
2008-07-02 10:58:00.0 Kevin GribbleKMOT-TVThe Morton County Commission is delaying a decision on whether to allow a controversial feedlot to be built less than ten miles from Mandan. The feedlot`s owner says it would be good for the county. Dozens of people living nearby disagree. If it eventually gets built, the feedlot would hold 4,000 head of cattle [...]
2008-07-01 08:49:26.0 Feedlot Summer School The Saskatchewan Cattle Feeders Association (SCFA) is holding the 12th annual Western Canada Feedlot Management School from July 29th to August 1st 2008, at the University of Saskatchewan.Susan Echlin, SCFA General Manager, invites beef producers who are interested in learning more about the cattle feeding industry to get away from their farms [...]
2008-06-11 10:48:11.0 Whole Foods to buy beef from feedlot despite labor conflictOregonlive.comWhole Foods Markets says it will continue to buy Country Natural Beef finished at a Boardman feedlot, despite a labor dispute between feedlot owners and the United Farm Workers, the Oregonian newspaper reports.It reverses Wh
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