Upon completion of the analysis, an agricultural economist and NMSU Extension beef specialist will work with individual ranches to jointly develop a plan to improve profitability. The growth of New Mexico's cattle industry into a $960-million-a-year business is no accident: Ranchers seek the latest information and use the best techniques to get the most from their animals. When the analysis is complete, the ranch representative receives a report card that compares performance of each of...

He pointed out that other regions of the nation have experienced recent dry conditions as bad or worse than those that have hit California. Some cattle or sheep ranchers in the western Sierra foothills are seeking out additional rangeland or are trucking in hay for their livestock to eat. At one field where his sheep grazed last week, the grass -- customarily knee-high this time of year -- reached no further than the ankles. A presidential disaster declaration March 14 for 12 counties in...

It s important for [people to understand] that what we do here is important for what they eat every day, said Eric Dobbins, a student who lives at the center. For the university, it also acts as a research center and provides students the experience of working with cattle. Working at the cattle center is a job anyone can do as long as they re responsible and willing to work hard, Dobbins said. Agriculture connects back to everyone. The center has about 130 cow-calf pairs of cattle,...

Two injured in cattle theft IGANGA Suspected armed cattle thieves recently shot and wounded two people. Regional police chief Christopher Kubai recently said the suspects raided Ochieng s farm in Bukatu and set ablaze a tractor, demolished a house and stole goats, two bags of rice, mattresses and four jerrycans of diesel. southeastern Police chief christopher Kubai said the victims were admitted to Iganga hospital. Patrick Mulumba and James Bateze were trying to stop the thugs from loading...

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