Tag: beef
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Herds of Hope
As I’ve mentioned on another blog, I’ve been working as a livestock assistant at the Royal Melbourne Show for the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria. Thus far, I’ve scooped a lot of manure and answered the phone. It hasn’t been too strenuous. The breeding cattle show has been going on all week, so we’ve been fielding frantic phone…
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Delving Further into Antibiotic Use
Happy Monday! As a brief follow up to this post, I found a podcast about antibiotic use in food animals from the AVMA media website. In this podcast, Dr. Scott Hurd, an associate professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine at Iowa State University, discusses quantitative risk assessments of antibiotic resistance in humans. He does…
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Airborne Beef Promotions
In light of all the questionable hype going on with Chipotle, I thought it would be nice to share a positive story about beef. This past weekend, I had the honor of standing up with one of my best gals in her wedding. En route to the wedding, on one of many flights I’ve had…
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ILC 2011 – Calgary
Hello all! It’s me – Buzzard. You’ve probably forgotten who I am since I haven’t blogged in almost a month. Cripes. So take this as my sincere apology for sucking at blogging. Ok – moving on. Last week I had the amazing opportunity to attend the International Livestock Congress in Calgary, AB, Canada. Myself and…
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Dr. Grandin Visits NW Ohio
As you know, I’m a pretty big fan of Temple Grandin; evidenced here, here and here. About 3 weeks ago, Temple visited Ohio for the Northwest Ohio Autism Summit in Bowling Green. The night before, she visited a farm in Cygnet, Ohio to talk to producers and consumers — while there she held an animal…