Tag: livestock production

  • Proud to be a Redneck

    Proud to be a Redneck

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    I’m from the backhills of southeast Kansas – and damn proud of it. I grew up going mudding, wearing camo, attending bonfire parties in pastures, swimming in the horse tank and watching tractor pulls & demo derbys (and loving them). In addition to those ‘ignorant’ activities, I helped my family raise and train horses and…

  • Ohio gives consumers A+ education

    Ohio gives consumers A+ education

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    I just returned from a wonderful ‘vacation’ at the Ohio State Fair.  My future in-laws show hogs at the state fair which happens to occur during their home county fair – not exactly an ideal situation.  So, I go and help out with the hogs and try to stay out of the way in Columbus…

  • Wine Fed Beef

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    Another niche market has popped up in the beef industry – wine fed beef.  Canada is trying to produce the equivalent of Japanese Kobe beef by supplementing red wine from the Okanagan valley to the normal feedlot ration.  Cattle are fed this combination for the last 90 days before being harvested – feedlot owner Bill…

  • Less Talky Talky

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    Temple Grandin, in her book “Animals in Translation“, talks about a government program in the 1960’s that eradicated screwworms.  If you don’t know what a screwworm is take a look.  They are the larvae of a fly that lays its egg in the wounds, cuts, bites and scratches of animals.  After they hatch, the maggots come…

  • These Boots…..

    These Boots…..

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    I love Eric Church.  I love his voice, I love his music and I’d love it if he were my arm candy (not all the time, just temporarily).  Last night I went to a FREE and amazing Eric Church concert in the Power & Light district in Kansas City. One of Eric’s hits is a song called “These Boots.”…