We view Cow Power as an opportunity to diversify our farm business, which is critical to our long-term success and keeping our land in productive agriculture. Dairy farming is in crisis all across this country. This will improve our manure management, reduce greenhouse gases, and provide a renewable energy choice to CVPS customers. Milk prices are far too low, around what farmers were paid 30 years ago, Brian Rowell said. Replacement of sawdust bedding with dry solids, and reduced fossil...

During the visit the officials discovered that various types of meat sold in the shop in fact came from Shropshire and parts of the Midlands, as well as beef that originated in Namibia. A butcher who sold meat that was advertised as locally produced but in fact came from Africa, has been ordered to pay 3,000 in fines and costs. Thompson, a butcher for 47 years, pleaded guilty to three offences under the Food Safety Act 1990, for the false advert and to two counts of selling food that was...

That's what happens when you meet with a group of agriculture interests and you're chairwoman of the Colorado House committee overseeing that industry. But she regains her focus when the subject arises about the need for more emergency funding for agricultural producers hurt by this winter's storms. But unlike many of them, she also lives the agricultural life. As important as her visit is to her listeners, she can't help but have other things on her mind, including another appointment she...

And no, the cows sold in the auction won't be slaughtered: They'll be used as seed stock for genetic herds, so it's actually their descendants we'll be eating. Williams joined the Army after leaving school and ended up giving vaccinations, which sparked an interest in medicine; he got an associate's degree while he was in the service, and once he was out, he finished college and went to the UT-Houston Medical School. Initial reports indicated that the driver, a 53-year-old woman, careened...

The industry-led group has been active in promoting the benefits of the poultry industry as it faces an environmental lawsuit from Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson concerning the application of poultry litter to fields in the Illinois River watershed. The industry-led group has been active in promoting the benefits of the poultry industry as it faces an environmental lawsuit from Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson concerning the application of poultry litter to fields in the...