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TDA 14….
….another English traditional Devon made it through border security this week. This little bull calf is less than a day old in this picture….the son of Millennium Falcon and Goldings Norah. We now have been calving for three years….and just beginning breeding here. And we do have confirmed pregnancies!
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Gotta new pair of hooves….
….somehow an idea I don’t think will catch on. But a Virginia calf has been fitted with prosthetics….successfully. Kinda. You can be the judge. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/01/28/cow-hero-gets-new-prosthetic-hooves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fhealth+%28Internal+-+Health+-+Text%29
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US cattle herd shrinks still more…
The number of cattle in the United States has plunged to the lowest it’s been since 1951. That’s more than 60 years that the beef supply has been this low. For cattlemen that have been able to stick it out through high feed and energy costs—and droughts—this is good news in the short run. It means of course that cattle prices will continue to set records. But since that will chase consumers to other choices, it’s not so good. The only bright spot in the report is the news that farmers are starting to hold onto their heifers….that adds to the short supply but indicates an eventual turn-around. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LIVESTOCK_INVENTORY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-31-16-46-54
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Scare tactics….
….some time ago the internet was having fun with “exploding” animals…generally drone strikes…and most often pigs. But now the food chain Chipotle has taken the art form to a new level….”exploding cows”. It Chipotle’s way of warning of the dangers of eating beef at competing fast food chains (and supermarkets, we might add). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_D0rdqeAs