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Climate Change Could Be Fuelled By Cattle Drugs
2016-05-25 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quadrangle: Working with fellow researchers in Finland, Hammer compared the dung of livestock that were given tetracycline with those of cattle that were not given the antibiotic. Overall, the researchers found that antibiotics upped the methane footprint of dung by an average of 80 percent over poo from cattle that weren't fed drugs. Now, the team said, it plans to go and conduct further studies to better quantify the contribution of agricultural antibiotic use to climate change. Specifically, the global...
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Cattle drugs 'could fuel climate change'
2016-05-25 03:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Dosing farm animals with antibiotics increases greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, research suggests. Scientists say the drugs boost methane production in cowpats - apparently by favouring antibiotic-resistant, methane-producing organisms in the gut. Antibiotics also change the microbes which inhabit dung beetles, although apparently with no adverse effects. The researchers say it's proof that antibiotic use on farms has unintended, cascading effects on the environment. For the new...
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Price implications of the next cattle cycle
2016-05-24 16:08:00| Beef
After effects of the herd expansion trend may create tough times ahead in the next cattle cycle. read more
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GENETRUST AT SUHN CATTLE COMPANY BULLS AVERAGE $5,863
2016-05-19 23:07:48| Cattle Today
Blue skies, blustery winds and Brangus bulls welcomed customers and friends of GENETRUST to the Flint Hills in Eureka, Kansas, on March 22, 2016 for the 24th annual installment of the event hosted by the Suhn family, in what has become one of the premier Brangus events of the year.
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Whats worse than no cattle futures?
2016-05-18 17:50:00| Beef
It may be time for the beef industry to have a serious discussion about cattle futures. read more
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