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Livestock industry applauds withdrawal of GIPSA rules
2017-10-17 11:00:00| National Hog Farmer
The interim final rule would have broadened the scope of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 related to using unfair, unjustly discriminatory or deceptive practices and to giving undue or unreasonable preferences or advantages.
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Livestock, Poultry Farmers Can Apply for Grants to Improve Animal Welfare
2017-10-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Starting yesterday (3 October), farmers who wish to improve the welfare of their farm animals can apply for a Fund-a-Farmer grant of up to $2,500 from Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT).
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Using corn for livestock grazing
2017-09-29 23:12:34| Beef
Many producers have found great success utilizing portable fencing to graze corn fields, and significantly decrease fall and winter feed costs. Current climate and feed cost conditions have left many cattle producers re-evaluating their feeding strategies. Thankfully there is still time to make adjustments and use economically feasible solutions to weather through the months ahead. Many producers have found great success utilizing portable fencing to graze corn fields, and significantly decrease winter feed costs.
New Livestock Model for Stroke Could Speed Discovery
2017-09-26 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - It is well-known in the medical field that the pig brain shares certain physiological and anatomical similarities with the human brain. So similar are the two that researchers at the University of Georgia's Regenerative
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HYDRAULIC CALF TABLES MAKE LIVESTOCK HANDLING EASIER
2017-09-21 23:25:33| Cattle Today
Chutes and calf tables have made livestock handling easier—on the animals, and for the people doing the job, whether branding, castrating, dehorning, implanting calves, etc.
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