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| Test wheat grain, straw for vomitoxin before feeding to livestock |
In a year when overly wet conditions and a head scab outbreak are significantly impacting the wheat crop, there is no room for assumptions that grain or straw is toxin-free and safe to feed to livestock.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
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| Simmental program aims to improve EPD accuracy |
The American Simmental Association’s Total Herd Enrollment program is gathering data to improve and develop female-oriented Expected Progeny Differences.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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| Variety of topics covered at BOAH meeting |
The agendas of the quarterly Indiana State Board of Animal Health board meetings are never the same twice. The hours-long meetings can cover anything from meat inspections and dead animal disposal to dog breeders and elk farms.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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| Slykhuis Farms wins commercial beef producer award |
Slykhuis Farms was honored with the Illinois Beef Association Commercial Producer of the Year Award at the IBA Annual Meeting.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
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| Shimkus hears debate on use of antibiotics in meat production |
U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., wants someone to show him the science. “Until I’m shown a scientific connection between antibiotic use in animals and increasing antibiotic use in humans, which nobody has shown me yet, I’m going to side with the use in the ag sector to help the animals so we have healthy food in the food chain,” he said.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
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