When the decision to proceed to take advantage of an offer from the Kooymans, Chilliwack Cattle Company to provide emergency housing for dairy cattle that needed to be moved from the high risk zone, the Fraser River was expected to reach a level of 7 to 7.5 meters. When the decision to proceed to take advantage of an offer from the Kooymans, Chilliwack Cattle Company to provide emergency housing for dairy cattle that needed to be moved from the high risk zone, the Fraser River was expected...

Akin has about 3,000 cattle that could qualify for the incentive but said the state would reap the biggest benefit by keeping more of the beef industry in Missouri. Keeping some of those animals and helping start feeding operations, cattle producers say, could expand the billion-dollar-per-year cattle industry. The bill gives a tax break to farmers who sell their cattle later, after the animals weigh 450 pounds, about when they have been weaned from milk. Schlottach, R-Owensville,...

Creamery Board chairman Mac Carter, in a June 8 letter addressed "to the Palin administration" and posted on the dairy Web site, blamed the dairy closure on high shipping and fuel costs, Department of Homeland Security regulations and competition from Outside dairies. After that the cows will produce milk but the farmers will either "dump it down the drains or spray it on the fields," Trytten said. Creamery Board chairman Mac Carter, in a June 8 letter addressed "to the Palin...

Those costs are reflected in cattle prices, which have gone from about $82. Rosenwald The Washington Post WASHINGTON The nation's unquenchable thirst for gasoline and finding an alternative to what's been called our addiction to oil has produced an unintended consequence: The cost of the foods that fuel our bodies has jumped. President Bush's call for the nation to cure its addiction to oil stoked a growing demand for ethanol, which is mostly made from corn. But now some economists and...

Suitable numbers for slaughter have been scarce with the better finished cattle meeting strong demand. As a result cattle supplies have reduced, as has the quality of livestock offered. A record yarding of more than 3000 store cattle were offered as graziers attempted to cash in on the higher prices before winter sets in. Agents estimated the yarding was $30 to $40 dearer than last month's sale for all categories. Rain boosts prices at big Orange cattle yarding By KAREN BAILEY Monday, 18...