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Tanzania: Maasai herders breed fewer, stronger cattle to tackle climate change
2013-01-25 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: The loss of more than half their livestock in the 2009 drought has led Maasai pastoralists in northern Tanzania's Arusha region to breed fewer, stronger cattle and end their traditional focus on numbers alone as symbols of wealth and status. The impact of that devastating drought, which dealt a blow to the whole nation's economy, is still visible in the small number of cattle in many villages of Engarenaibor in Arusha's Longido district. The district's cattle breeders and owners lost at least...
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A Crush Can Help Counter Cattle Market Volatility
2013-01-23 17:50:00| Beef
Larry Stalcup With the potential for extreme market volatility in the new year, cattle feeders should consider employing the ultimate risk management strategy the crush. read more
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Plant closure sign of bad times for cattle industry
2013-01-22 23:47:24| Livestock - Topix.net
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday called the closure of Cargill's 2,000-employee plant north of Lubbock a "significant loss" to the region's livestock industry.
Sugar trumps tetracycline on cattle ranch
2013-01-22 07:08:19| Sugar Industry News
Your column about using sugar on wounds has changed the way I treat the cattle on my ranch. We have nearly replaced tetracycline powder for cattle hoof abscesses and lesions. We did a test and saw equal results with sugar on the first 100 cows.
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Cargill to idle Texas beef plant as drought cut cattle herd
2013-01-18 08:08:26| Food - Topix.net
Cargill Inc., the largest U.S. beef processor, will idle a Texas processing plant after the size of the cattle herd fell to a 60-year low and years of drought increased feed costs.
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