Canadian cattle industry in wait-and-see mode after BSE case. WINNIPEG (Dow Jones) -- The Canadian cattle and beef industry is taking a wait-and-see approach to the latest diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in a mature dairy cow from British Columbia.

Do you think the men and women who spend their lives raising cows to provide the milk you drink would do anything to harm their cows' and livelihood? Well, of course not. What is organic milk? Let's confine our discussion to the cows' milk we buy in the grocery store. As you well know, when you look in the dairy case at your favorite grocery store, you have several choices of milk: whole, 1 percent, 2 percent and fat free. Are dairy cows reared without the use of synthetic chemicals? As...

But Foster, who started making cheese in her kitchen and wouldn't dream of pasteurizing the milk first, helped push for a change in state law that could allow her to be the first in decades to try a cow-to-consumer unpasteurized cheese operation in Maryland. But Foster, who started making cheese in her kitchen and wouldn't dream of pasteurizing the milk first, helped push for a change in state law that could allow her to be the first in decades to try a cow-to-consumer unpasteurized cheese...

Such calves are rare, usually plagued with internal problems and don t live long, cattle experts say. Such calves are rare, usually plagued with internal problems and don t live long, cattle experts say. The unnamed calf also has organs for both sexes and a surgically supplied rectum. The unnamed calf also has organs for both sexes and a surgically supplied rectum. Calf born with 6 legs on Nebraska farm.

Newswires As Grilling Season Gets Underway, Interest in Healthy Foods, Sustainable Ranching, Humane Treatment of Animals and Gourmet Ingredients Is Placing Grass Fed Beef Center Stage for Memorial Day La Cense Beef Offers Special Memorial Day BBQ Package to Introduce Grillers to the Grass Fed Trend By: Marketwire. Newswires As Grilling Season Gets Underway, Interest in Healthy Foods, Sustainable Ranching, Humane Treatment of Animals and Gourmet Ingredients Is Placing Grass Fed Beef Center...

Cattle are marketed through a local beef co-op where some processors have noticed the quality of McGregor s cattle. Although producing kosher beef is not a specific goal, McGregor says it is a symbol of the quality product he desires. In addition to work on the farm, McGregor s efforts would not be complete without participating in beef groups and promoting beef. His quality concerns come full circle, beginning in his cow-calf herd, extending through his feedlot and eventually reaching...

Now that it's available for market, they say it is a healthy choice. But a new kind of cattle being bred in Texas promises to be healthier and improve health as well. This cattle originally is said to be genetically geared to produce conjugated linoleic acid or CLA. The message from the manufacturers is, eat this meat and prevent coronary heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Ranchers say the cattle will spend their first seven months roaming free before being put into a confined space. Now...

Dairy economists are predicting that by fall, the retail price of milk could rise as much as 9 percent, or 30 cents per gallon, The Associated Press reported. Cost of milk leaves gas prices in dust Cost of milk leaves gas prices in dust. Statewide, milk-cash receipts totaled more than $195 million in 2004, up more than $30 million from a year before, the most recent Department of Agriculture survey indicated. Prigel is one of a few farmers in Baltimore County to switch to organic,...

By Journal staff With anthrax already showing up in livestock this year in South Dakota, a South Dakota State University specialist is encouraging livestock producers to vaccinate their cattle against anthrax before turning them out to pasture this spring. By Journal staff With anthrax already showing up in livestock this year in South Dakota, a South Dakota State University specialist is encouraging livestock producers to vaccinate their cattle against anthrax before turning them out to...