Now that it's available for market, they say it is a healthy choice. But a new kind of cattle being bred in Texas promises to be healthier and improve health as well. This cattle originally is said to be genetically geared to produce conjugated linoleic acid or CLA. The message from the manufacturers is, eat this meat and prevent coronary heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Ranchers say the cattle will spend their first seven months roaming free before being put into a confined space. Now...

Dairy economists are predicting that by fall, the retail price of milk could rise as much as 9 percent, or 30 cents per gallon, The Associated Press reported. Cost of milk leaves gas prices in dust Cost of milk leaves gas prices in dust. Statewide, milk-cash receipts totaled more than $195 million in 2004, up more than $30 million from a year before, the most recent Department of Agriculture survey indicated. Prigel is one of a few farmers in Baltimore County to switch to organic,...

By Journal staff With anthrax already showing up in livestock this year in South Dakota, a South Dakota State University specialist is encouraging livestock producers to vaccinate their cattle against anthrax before turning them out to pasture this spring. By Journal staff With anthrax already showing up in livestock this year in South Dakota, a South Dakota State University specialist is encouraging livestock producers to vaccinate their cattle against anthrax before turning them out to...

Chuck Utecht doubts someone would have jumped the electric fence and tangled with the bulls on their own turf and the distances and damage involved suggests a high-powered rifle was used. The shooter also targeted a calf in a nearby feedlot, but Utecht is more worried about what type of person would gun down a trio of penned animals and think it was fun. Deputies did not find any shell casings and the owners could not think of anyone who would shoot the cattle for no apparent reason....

The cattle were stolen from a property near Finley in 2004, but were recovered by police seven months later and identified using DNA technology. Court sentences couple over cattle theft. Murphy intends to appeal against the conviction. A man and woman convicted of stealing 42 dairy heifers in southern New South Wales have been sentenced in the Wagga District Court. Brian William Hayes, 42, has been sentenced to two years jail, while 30-year-old Christina Murphy's sentence has been...