Department of Agriculture regulations ban the import of bovine animals from Canada for fear of introducing mad cow disease. ANCHORAGE - State game officials want to reintroduce wood bison to Western or Interior Alaska and hope to import dozens in late winter to prepare them for the wild. Groups of wood bison from that newly created seed stock could eventually be trucked or flown to grassy areas in the Interior or western Alaska, said Randy Rogers, state wildlife planner. The idea to bring...

Brown said he expects consumers to be caught off guard by the increases, although, in his opinion, Most people today already think milk prices are too high. Global demand for products such as dry milk, whey products, cheese and butter impact the cost of milk. Brown and other dairy market forecasters said strong global demand for U. The amount of hay in barns or along field edges on May 1 is equal to 9 percent of the state s normal hay production. The low stocks are tied to two years of...

If the ranch is costing the state money, then we could understand considering the sell of the property, so long as the economic impact to the area is also considered. Programs such as the cattle ranch brought in $2. While it is easy to look at quick revenue streams to plug expense holes, it is unwise to depend on one-time money to fix ongoing problems. Alabama is not the only state wrestling with rising costs related to corrections. Selling off assets for a quick buck is bad business and...

The teams judged dairy cattle. On Friday, the team had the opportunity to look over the cattle and do some practice judging. Dalton is bringing back three pieces of hardware and Eva is bringing back one. FFA squad bringing home the hardware. International fame is something that you never dream about. Russell stated that he was happy for the team. Comments are limited to 200 words or less. First there was the Neosho High School FFA Dairy Team winning state, then nationals and then being...

Darfur's tragedy could be repeated in much of North Africa and the Middle East, experts fear, because growing populations are straining a very limited water supply. Darfur's ethnic African farmers and tribes of mostly Arab nomads had long been competing for the region's meager water and land resources, experts say. Sudan's various conflicts have forced some 7 million people from their homes and a recent index published by US-based Foreign Policy magazine put the country at the top of a...