Some corn, minerals and protein, roughage and dried distillers grains --- a byproduct of ethanol production --- go into the feed wagon, and out comes a mouth-watering feast. The remaining nutrients like protein, fat, minerals and vitamins are concentrated into livestock feed. Holstein steers on Bart Vogel's farm south of Fairbank eagerly gobble up feed containing dried distillers grains from the nearby Hawkeye Renewables ethanol plant. Tough environmental regulations, weather and high feed...

Anybody that knows anything about the marketing of corn knows that when you raise the price of corn you are going to create problems in all of the markets that use corn. Critics in the animal feeding and oil industry in particular are using scare tactics to frighten the American consumer to believing their unsupported claims. Unlike a single-year equation, where corn is being driven by weather or carryover stocks, we see all of the ethanol plants coming on line, a number of them are in our...

Coalition member sponsors include the AMI, National Chicken Council, National Cattlemen s Beef Association, National Meat Association, National Milk Producers Federation, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, and United Egg Producers. Coalition member sponsors include the AMI, National Chicken Council, National Cattlemen s Beef Association, National Meat Association, National Milk Producers Federation, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, and...

For centuries, farmers have used sheep to graze down unwanted vegetation but, unfortunately, the animals would also snack on crops. Following the recommendations of noted animal behaviorist Fred Provenza of Utah State University, the researchers let sheep eat their fill of grape leaves, and then administered a small, harmless dose of a medicine that made them nauseous. During a rainy year, when muddy vineyards prevent tractors from mowing or applying herbicides, the sheep can still graze...

In the years to come, Parts will tell sports reporters that being raised not knowing his mother or father had a devastating effect on his social development. They will accuse Parts of intentionally downplaying the nurturing influence of farmer Jim Hutchinson and his wife, Clara, who were reportedly mighty generous with the millet. The world of cockfighting lost one of its leading lights last week, when tragic circumstances claimed the life of a rooster whose name is practically synonymous...