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Nitrate Toxicity in Livestock: Farmers and ranchers depend on the successful combination of livestock and crops. Forage crops, in particular, are important to the producer, but they should be monitored due to plant toxicants that can be a problem. One toxicosis of concern is Nitrate (N03) toxicity. This fact sheet discusses nitrate toxicity in...; Tags: livestock; White papers 2004-09-01
Beef and Pork Values and Price Spreads Explained: Livestock and meat prices vary more in the short run than costs of production, processing, and marketing. ERS research shows that month-to-month changes in livestock and meat prices are driven by dynamic adjustment. The slow and asymmetric adjustment of prices does not appear to work against livestock producers. This report...; Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, livestock, adjustment, marketing; White papers 2004-05-01
Livestock Slaughter 2003 Summary: This report provides a summary of livestock slaughter for the year 2003. It reports that red meat production for the United States totaled 46.7 billion pounds in 2003, 1.3 percent below 2002's record high. Beef production, at 26.3 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous record high set in...; Tags: Cornell University, livestock; White papers 2004-03-01
Organic Practice Prohibit Use of Antibiotics in Meat Production: Conventional farmers routinely feed antibiotics to livestock to help accelerate their growth. The studies confirm that the routine use of antibiotics to enhance growth in farm animals can encourage the growth of drug-resistant bacteria, which may threaten people who undercook their meat or consume food or water contaminated by animal...; Tags: livestock, meat, food; White papers 2004-03-01
Gossypol Toxicity in Livestock: Gossypol is a toxic compound found in the cotton plant. This fact sheet discusses the effects of gossypol in livestock. It is concentrated in the cottonseed but can also be found in other parts of the cotton plant such as hulls, leaves, and stems. Gossypol exists in two forms: free...; Tags: livestock; White papers 2003-11-14

Reducing Winter Feeding Costs: The use of supplemental feed hay or concentrate may be beneficial to livestock, especially for growing animals, animals in the latter stages of gestation, lactating animals, or during periods of reduced forage growth (i.e., drought, winter). Most producers could substantially reduce their winter feed costs by carefully considering their forage...; Tags: livestock; White papers 2003-07-01
Price Liverstocks: This is an introduction to the mechanics of using futures to froward prices livestock. The booklet presents thirteen short units of study to help one become comfortable with the futures market and how one can use it. The question this article tries to address is why learn about futures and...; Tags: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., livestock, marketing; White papers 2003-01-01
Treatment Of Inventory Items (Other Than Breeding Livestock): The article is about the treatment of inventory items other than breeding livestock involving two separate issues. The first issue is how purchased inventories should be valued. The second issue is where the adjustments for changes in the amount/value of inventories should be shown on the income statement. The foregoing...; Tags: Operational accounting, livestock, income statement, valuation, adjustment, income; White papers 2003-01-01
Option Terminology: The Chicago Mercantile Exchange offers the most comprehensive livestock risk management tool ever developed—options on live cattle, feeder cattle and lean hog futures. Producers can establish a floor price for the livestock they buy, and a ceiling for it as well, without giving up profit opportunity. This article is an...; Tags: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., livestock, risk management, strategy, marketing; White papers 2003-01-01
Prussic Acid Poisoning in Livestock: The focal point of this fact-sheet is Prussic acid poisoning which can occur when livestock are pastured on sorghum-type plants, including grain sorghum, forage sorghum, Sudan grass, sorghumsudangrass crosses, Johnsongrass, sweet sorghums, and other sorghum-type plants. Prussic acid poisoning also known as cyanogenesis is caused by hydrocyanic acid, one of...; Tags: livestock; White papers 2002-11-01
Valuation of Raised Breeding Livestock: This fact sheet explains the valuation methods for raised breeding livestock and is a supplement to fact sheets in the financial statement series. Valuation of raised breeding livestock differs from purchased assets in that the cost of raised breeding livestock is incurred over a longer period of time. For tax...; Tags: Financial statements, Investment, Taxes, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, livestock, valuation, financial statement, tax, financial, asset; White papers 2002-07-01
Not Our Problem: It has been seen that livestock epidemic would likely have little impact on U.S. insurers. Two recent epidemics of livestock disease decimated herds, created hysteria over the sources of a mysterious and dreadful ailment, brought down a government, and brought the continent to the brink of political crisis. The nature...; Tags: Insurance, livestock, epidemic, insurance company, U.S.; White papers 2001-07-01
UKROFS Standards for Organic Food Production: This paper discusses and provides information about the UKROFS Standards for Organic Food Production. Organic stock farming is a land-related activity. Except where authorized by way of exception in this Chapter, livestock must have access to a free-range area and the number of animals per unit of area must be...; Tags: livestock, pollution, stock; White papers 2001-02-01

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Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources Acquires MV, LLC: Strategic Environmental & EnergyResources, Inc. SEER (PINKSHEETS: SENR), a leading provider oftechnology-based industrial services in the environmental, energy, and railsectors, today announced it has acquired the privately-held environmentalsolutions company, MV, LLC, for stock and cash. Based in Golden, Colorado, MV is an innovative developer and provider oftechnology-based environmental solutions and...; Articles 2008-06-25
Setting Aside the Renewable Fuel Standard Will Not Reduce Corn Prices: BIO Opposes Texas Petition to EPA for Waiver of RFS WASHINGTON -- Biofuels are needed to help reduce fuel prices, which are the root cause of higher food prices, according to the available evidence. The Biotechnology Industry Organization today submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA...; Articles 2008-06-24
AVMA Testifies on Antimicrobial Resistance Before Senate Committee: WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Veterinary Medical Association AVMA testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, addressing the preventative use of antimicrobials in food animals and reiterating the necessity of antibiotic use in livestock for ensuring food safety. Dr....; Articles 2008-06-24
PAUL HAEBERLIN: Star chef and restaurateur Paul Haeberlin's Alsace restaurant, L'Auberge de l'Ill, has had three stars in the red Michelin guide for an unbroken 40 years since 1967, a record bettered only by his friend Paul Bocuse, who has had his third star since 1965. Four generations of...; Articles 2008-06-24
Yellowstone bison, elk reduction urged: BILLINGS, Mont. -- A cattle producers' group is calling on federal agencies to reduce bison and elk numbers around Yellowstone National Park as part of efforts to eradicate the livestock disease brucellosis. A Yellowstone official rejected the proposal made Monday during a meeting of the U.S. Cattlemen's...; Articles 2008-06-24
Minister Ritz to Hold Media Teleconference from Russia: Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will hold a media teleconference from Moscow, Russia today. While in Moscow from June 21 to 24, Minister Ritz met with Russian Agriculture Minister Alexey Gordeyev to discuss issues of interest to both governments and promote bilateral trade in agri-food. Minister Ritz also attended meetings...; Articles 2008-06-24
Corn, soybean prices to rise since floods swallowed crops: NEW YORK -- Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store. In the latest bout of food inflation, beef, pork, poultry and even eggs, cheese and milk are expected to get...; Articles 2008-06-23

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