Livestock
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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…
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No one doubts that small farmers in the US are facing an unprecedented attack from many sides, including tariffs, international competition, overproduction and low commodity costs. The New Republic published an article this week discussing the role of weather and changing climate in putting stress on small farmers by increasing variability and extreme weather, leading…
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If you have not been paying attention to the news recently, you may have missed the tremendous consequences of the very strong storm which passed through the central Plains earlier this week. In addition to record-setting wind gusts and low pressure, it provided blizzard conditions which caused a lot of problems for livestock producers, especially…
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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…