If they're not selling their cattle they're scrambling around trying to find enough hay to feed. It's the longest drought this 27-year cattle farming veteran has seen. He says more and more cattle farmers are selling early for less profit because they can't afford to keep their stock watered and fed. It's not just a situation that people in agriculture are desperately concerned about but everyone should be concerned about it, Berry says. Finding food and water for cattle is becoming a...

The impact of the ethanol driven rise in corn prices continues to generate the attention of everyone from members of Congress, to academics, to the end users of these crops, to farmers who are trying to find the mix of crops that will best serve them in the coming year. The impact of the ethanol driven rise in corn prices continues to generate the attention of everyone from members of Congress, to academics, to the end users of these crops, to farmers who are trying to find the mix of...

E85, the blend of 85 percent ethanol (from agriproducts, mainly corn) and 15 percent gasoline, is being touted by environmentalists as the product of the future, the less-polluting fuel alternative to fossil fuels like oil, which they cite as adding to global warming and climate change. E85, the blend of 85 percent ethanol (from agriproducts, mainly corn) and 15 percent gasoline, is being touted by environmentalists as the product of the future, the less-polluting fuel alternative to...

Some corn, minerals and protein, roughage and dried distillers grains --- a byproduct of ethanol production --- go into the feed wagon, and out comes a mouth-watering feast. The remaining nutrients like protein, fat, minerals and vitamins are concentrated into livestock feed. Holstein steers on Bart Vogel's farm south of Fairbank eagerly gobble up feed containing dried distillers grains from the nearby Hawkeye Renewables ethanol plant. Tough environmental regulations, weather and high feed...

Anybody that knows anything about the marketing of corn knows that when you raise the price of corn you are going to create problems in all of the markets that use corn. Critics in the animal feeding and oil industry in particular are using scare tactics to frighten the American consumer to believing their unsupported claims. Unlike a single-year equation, where corn is being driven by weather or carryover stocks, we see all of the ethanol plants coming on line, a number of them are in our...

Coalition member sponsors include the AMI, National Chicken Council, National Cattlemen s Beef Association, National Meat Association, National Milk Producers Federation, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, and United Egg Producers. Coalition member sponsors include the AMI, National Chicken Council, National Cattlemen s Beef Association, National Meat Association, National Milk Producers Federation, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, and...

For centuries, farmers have used sheep to graze down unwanted vegetation but, unfortunately, the animals would also snack on crops. Following the recommendations of noted animal behaviorist Fred Provenza of Utah State University, the researchers let sheep eat their fill of grape leaves, and then administered a small, harmless dose of a medicine that made them nauseous. During a rainy year, when muddy vineyards prevent tractors from mowing or applying herbicides, the sheep can still graze...

In the years to come, Parts will tell sports reporters that being raised not knowing his mother or father had a devastating effect on his social development. They will accuse Parts of intentionally downplaying the nurturing influence of farmer Jim Hutchinson and his wife, Clara, who were reportedly mighty generous with the millet. The world of cockfighting lost one of its leading lights last week, when tragic circumstances claimed the life of a rooster whose name is practically synonymous...

News that tests to allow the remains of animals to be used in farm feed for the first time since the BSE crisis has been greeted with dismay by farmers and scientists. It was discussed after pressure from food manufacturers concerned at the increasing cost of disposing of animal carcasses. Anyone who remembers the fields of a few years ago with their smouldering carcasses of burnt animals - the checks at all ports and the damage to the countryside should be very concerned. EU scientists...