Packers are investing in plant-based protein companies. Farm bankruptcies are on the rise. Animal agricultural organizations are getting into bed with animal rights and environmental activist groups. Amanda Radke Beef Magazine Why a ban on fur & foie gras should matter…
Is animal reproduction an activity deemed ineligible for a bank loan? Yes, in Rein’s case, and the rejection was triggered specifically due to her operation’s involvement in horse breeding. The details of Rein’s loan denial may draw concern from livestock…
Weiser-area rancher Cody Chandler told board members that wolves in his area are having a major impact on his operation. He described how early in the morning on Aug. 20 “the wolves just went wild that night. They were so…
The investigation has pulled in Oregon State Police as well as the U.S. Forest Service because the cattle were grazing on a federal allotment in the Malheur National Forest. Diana Kruzman The Oregonian Mysterious Oregon cattle killings, mutilations alarm ranchers…
Instead of recognizing the successful recovery of the Yellowstone grizzly, radical environmentalists have sought repeatedly, and for an ever-changing list of reasons, to invalidate the delisting of the grizzly. Colter Northern Ag Network News RANCHERS SAY SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SUPPORTS DE-LISTING…
...Monday’s is considered a surplus killing, in which wolves kill more than they can eat, or perhaps don’t eat what they kill at all. The reason for this is somewhat unknown, but it is much easier for a wolf to…
Through pleading "no contest" to the Class A and Class B misdemeanor charges of "trespassing on State Trust Lands [with the intent to do harm]" Franklin was able dodge the more serious felony charges. The court ordered him to pay…
They end up as the last cow in the herd, bringing up the rear when you are driving, or better yet following. They will fall back to assist another cow or calf if it is lagging. They are the cows…
Black vultures killed nine calves on Tretter’s Illinois farm in 2018. Eyes pecked out and backsides torn to a bloody pulp, the calves were devoured alive—a far cry from carrion or roadkill. “I can’t imagine what the calves go through,”…
If not consumed by livestock, crop residues and by-products could quickly become an environmental burden as the human population grows and consumes more and more processed food. Dave Juday CFACT Livestock key to global sustainability The United Nation’s Food and…