Livestock
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With all the rain we have been experiencing in parts of the Southeast this winter, it is not a surprise that some livestock are experiencing foot and hoof problems due to the wet conditions. IFAS posted a story last week about how to take care of horses’ foot problems like thrush which is caused in…
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Time magazine posted a longform story earlier this week on the terrible drought which has been occurring in Australia this year, combining record-setting high temperatures with very low precipitation amounts. The impacts of this drought on agriculture have been awful, resulting in the losses of immense numbers of cattle and sheep as well as reduced…
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The latest IFAS bulletin discusses the difficulties that cattle ranchers in Florida are having after Hurricane Michael moved through in October. Hay is in short supply and winter grazing is behind schedule. But the producers are continuing to plug away and work on keeping their cattle in the best condition they can while watching the…
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Usually you think of most of Australia as pretty dry, and in fact they have been in a drought until recently. But the flooding rains that fell in the past few weeks has caused tremendous loss of cattle due to the extensive flooding that has occurred over the northeast part of the country. Crops have…
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WSFA 12 News posted an interesting story about a rash of unexplained cattle deaths in parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida in the months following the passage of Hurricane Michael back in October. Veterinarians in the area have seen a number of mysterious deaths which they think can be attributed in part to the effects…
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If you don’t know much about Iran, you might think it is a desert country. And there are certainly very dry areas in the large country, but there is also a lot of agriculture there, with production of both crops and livestock. But in recent years, severe drought has taken a terrible toll on agricultural…
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USA Today posted an interesting article this week about what hardships farmers have to go through in the Arctic outbreak parts of the US have experienced in the last week. Unlike other workers, farmers have to keep going outside to keep their animals safe, and have to deal with balky equipment that just does not…