Tag: livestock production
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Pork Done Right
So there I was, strolling through the parking lot of Weber Hall when I saw it. A bumper sticker. Not just any bumper sticker, no no – this bumper sticker was special. Why? Well because obviously it became the subject of this post – gotcha 🙂 I don’t know who drives the Chevy S-10 that…
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Care, Not Cash
I’ve raised horses and livestock my entire life. From horses to goats, sheep to swine – I’ve fed, watered, doctored, been frustrated by and been trampled on by all of them. Why do I, and thousand of other young livestock men and women, put so much time, sweat, blood, tears and care towards our animals and their lives?…
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Mixed Emotions, Opinions in Ohio
Last week, news hit that HSUS was pulling out of Ohio. Skedaddling; leaving for good. Agriculturalists across Ohio, and the nation, cheered together instantaneously. Wordage from OH Governor, Ted Strickland, such as he will “strongly encourage tougher penalties on puppy mills” led us to believe that no real harm had been done to OH but that…
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Vegan Tries Beef
Ok, so the vegan didn’t really try beef, but he did take a tour of a cattle feedlot in Wiggins, Colorado. To be exact, it was the Magnum Feedyard owned by my friend Christine Gabel’s family. The vegan, Ryan Andrews, visited the feedyard and wrote about his firsthand experiences with cattle nutrition, feedlot health systems,…
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Hello from Cape Town, South Africa!
“Goeie More” or Hello from South Africa! For the past 5 days I explored and adventured abroad in the Cape Town countryside learning about foreign agriculture and animal science. My first day in Cape Town I strolled the streets of Stellenbosch, did some shopping, wine tasting and visited a Hereford farm. Unlike the U.S., very…