Livestock
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If you follow the weekly Drought Monitor, you know that drought is not equally spread across the entire US. Here’s an interesting article by Dr. Becky Bolinger, the Colorado Assistant State Climatologist, about how uneven drought has been across the country since the Drought Monitor started making maps in 2000. The winner in the Southeast:…
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Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Community Webinar Series Recent Research Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions This webinar will discuss research projects focused on reducing greenhouse gases, odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide. Mindy Spiehs will provide insight on anabolic steroid and ionophore usage in beef cattle production, and Baitong Chen…
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Drovers’ Newsletter had an interesting story this week about a Georgia grass-fed beef producer whose farm sequesters all of the carbon it produces. It shows that beef can be farmed sustainably given the right management. You can read it here.
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Bloomberg Businessweek had an interesting story this week about how beef producers in Florida are working to develop cattle that are better adapted to hot conditions and still produce good-tasting meat. The article points out that cattle don’t like hot weather and that as temperatures have climbed, cattlemen are trying to create breeds that are…
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Growing Georgia posted a story today about estimates of damage due to the Midwestern storms earlier this spring. The estimates from Accuweather, which include a variety of different impacts from both the blizzard and extensive flooding, estimate that damages may be as much as $12.5 billion. And with another strong storm expected to hit that…
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IFAS posted a story last week which discussed the increase in weeds that are likely coming to pastures this years. The wet conditions may encourage some weeds, and the increase in sunlight due to the large number of downed trees will stimulate the growth of many more. You can read more about the problems that…
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While it’s a clear and sunny day here in the Southeast, farmers in the Midwest are still struggling with the impacts of the catastrophic flooding that hit in March. Some of them may never return to farming after seeing their herds, barns and houses washed away and their fields buried under feet of river silt…