Nutritional requirements for horses are met or not met depending on the grasses in your pasture, the type of soil you have, how many acres are available for the horse to graze and how weedy it is. Horses lack the rumen, the large stomach-vat where cattle and other ruminants ferment and degrade poor quality, high fiber, materials through the action of microorganisms. Being herbivores, horses can graze the same pastures as cattle. But, even on a good quality pasture or hay, free-choice...

The use of fishmeal as a feed for cattle, sheep and deer was banned within the EU in 2001 as a precaution in the midst of the BSE crisis. There is no evidence that feed from fishmeal can pass a disease to cattle and some MEPs have argued that the ban should be lifted. It is a high protein feed and was often fed to give extra energy to dairy cows and calves. He said: "We should be discouraging overfishing in our seas rather than trying to develop new markets for fish products. Grass Mr...

Aylmer, ON--IGPC Ethanol inc. announced today it has signed an exclusive agreement with Cargill for its corn origination services -supporting its commitment to open a 150 million-litre ethanol plant in Aylmer's municipally-owned industrial park in the second half of 2008. Aylmer, ON--IGPC Ethanol inc. announced today it has signed an exclusive agreement with Cargill for its corn origination services -supporting its commitment to open a 150 million-litre ethanol plant in Aylmer's...

Page1 of 2 The great biofuel fraud By F William Engdahl That bowl of Kellogg's cornflakes on the breakfast table or the portion of pasta or corn tortillas, cheese or meat on the dinner table is going to rise in price over the coming months as sure as the sun rises in the East. Page1 of 2 The great biofuel fraud By F William Engdahl That bowl of Kellogg's cornflakes on the breakfast table or the portion of pasta or corn tortillas, cheese or meat on the dinner table is going to rise in price...

Accurately matching the supply of and demand on forage and feed supplies will assist with keeping nutrition costs from being higher than necessary while maintaining desired cattle performance. Keeping costs manageable becomes increasingly challenging in years like this one where drought conditions have significantly impacted forage production up to now. It is not uncommon for four to eight or more inches of spoilage to occur on large round hay bales stored outside with no protection in the...

There s been no letup in demand for David Glover s hay crop from livestock producers with stunted pastures and hungry herds. First an April freeze, then a dry spell left Glover with only a third of his normal grass hay yield and about half of his usual alfalfa production. In Kentucky, where 55 percent of the hay crop was rated poor or very poor by a crop-reporting service on Monday, the state is trying to hook up farmers needing hay with those looking to get rid of it. Ronnie Mann, a...

Ball grows a bit of wheat and has about 200 head of cattle to his name -- a number that has dropped in recent years as the forage covering the nearby grassland continues to suffer in drought conditions. Others agree, and despite attempts to mitigate the detrimental impacts of drought on Pawnee -- such as reducing the number of cattle grazing, moving cattle to vacant allotments and turning cattle out to the prairie later -- the effort have not been enough with the given moisture shortage....

Last summer my grass dried up, and this summer it is doing the same thing and it isn t even August yet! In fact many cow/calf operators are saying the same thing as their cattle, but they are the ones who can do something about it. University of Nebraska forage specialist Bruce Anderson suggests sacrificing a small paddock where cattle can be kept for longer periods, allowing the rest of the pasture to recover. If it takes a heavy rain to get any growth response, Anderson says, "At that...

It'll be used only for animal feed as it is in other states, and the seed companies will have to provide sales data to the state. Critics urged the board not to cave to pressure for Maine to follow the rest of the nation in adopting the use of Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, corn. Organic growers have been concerned their that crops will be contaminated by cross-pollination with the genetically modified corn. But the Board of Pesticides Control said Friday that its mandate of reducing...