After frost damage, cyanide levels will likely be higher in fresh forage as compared with silage or hay, because cyanide is a gas and dissipates as the forage cures and dries. Jack Frost is finally taking his first bites of the year, bringing the potential for prussic acid poisoning when feeding forage from the sorghum family. Feed greenchopped forage within a few hours, and don't leave greenchopped forage in wagons or feedbunks overnight. Green-chopping the frost-damaged plants will lower...

And they want cattle fed on grass, which is much easier on their stomachs than the typical grain feed. To win an American Grassfed seal, companies must not confine their animals, never give them antibiotics and hormones and feed them only forage or grass, Whisnant says. In establishing USDA standards, the federal government will verify that ranchers are feeding only grass or forage to animals after they're weaned off milk. Instead, let's talk about last week's other big news for food...

Concerned about potential animal cruelty and environmental pollution associated with factory farms, more animal rights advocates are adding livestock welfare issues to their national agenda. Next on the Humane Society's agenda: getting the required 650,000 signatures in California to put the issues of veal crates, gestation crates and chicken battery cages - all of which have been banned by the European Union - on the state ballot in November 2008. Sales of organic products are booming,...

The company also sells livestock feed, pet food and propane. He will help egg producers deal with increased feed costs and other things that squeeze their margins. And within California, West could face a November 2008 ballot initiative that would phase out the small cages used for most of the state's laying hens. Over the next two years, he will work to boost demand for a food that has had an unhealthy image among some consumers. has ravaged poultry flocks in parts of the Eastern...

But as more Americans attempt to make healthy choices about what they put in their bodies, it's becoming increasingly difficult to discern how our food was grown, processed and treated, thanks to a food industry that wields its heft and political clout to create labeling laws that make a mockery of disclosure. The Cleveland Free Times :: Cover :: Don't Eat That! Skip to Content . Promotions . Classifieds . Advertising Info . Contact Free Times - Ohio's Premier News, Arts, & Entertainment...

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Department of Agriculture that removes animals at the request of the livestock industry, government agencies and others. A Wildlife Services spokeswoman described the agency as providing a crucial function, by protecting livestock producers from economic losses and air travelers from harm. The overall number was down slightly from 2005, when 1.7 million animals were killed, according to a recent federal report. Last year, it dispersed more than 24 million animals congregating around...

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