The Press . Friday, 27 April 2007 Email a Friend . Printable View . Have Your Say Related Links Subscribe to Archivestuff Have your say Weaning can be a traumatic time for bull calves, but at Floridale Angus stud, they are soon calmed and taught respect for their handlers, writes Tim Cronshaw. The Press . Friday, 27 April 2007 Email a Friend . Printable View . Have Your Say Related Links Subscribe to Archivestuff Have your say Weaning can be a traumatic time for bull calves, but at...

Jeffcoat then returns home to feed, wash and groom the three or four Black Angus bulls she exhibits at cattle shows throughout the region. The honor came more than a decade after she began showing cattle, but Jeffcoat wasn't always a fixture on the regional show circuit. She only began showing cattle after seeing her older brother, Chris, do it while she was growing up. Since she began exhibiting cattle at 8 years old, Jeffcoat has racked up numerous awards. Jeffcoat has grown close to...

The milk is pasteurized but not homogenized, so the cream rises to the top, similar to how milk was sold in the 1950s. Being a fourth-generation dairy farmer, Stap is used to the routine of early mornings, the long days fixing farm equipment and handling hundreds of Jersey cows. Taking something as ordinary as milk and making it into a specialty item is a growing trend among local dairy farmers. The creamery acts as a supplement to Stap's main business: a 250-cow herd supplying milk to the...

Dairy farmers that use the hormone insist milk from cows injected with rBST is safe. Utah's Winder Farms, for example, advertises its "all-natural" milk from "pampered cows not injected with artificial growth hormones. But numerous watchdog groups and advocates of organic and natural foods say it's not safe and has been linked to certain cancers and other health issues. Stores such as Dan's, Macey's and Dick's are independently owned and operated enterprises that pool their purchasing...

Department of Agriculture, is opposing the resumption of cattle exports from Canada for breeding or herd replacement purposes. Due to ongoing concerns about the effectiveness in Canada of the 10 years-old ban on feeding mammalian tissues to cows n the key firewall intended to prevent the spread of BSE, or mad cow disease n NMPF told the USDA that it would be imprudent to allow live animal traffic to resume. Due to ongoing concerns about the effectiveness in Canada of the 10 years-old ban...