The number of rural food animal veterinarians is diminishing rapidly nationwide. But to be more specific it definitely includes the spotted owl that flew into your picture window, the neighbor's dog you hit with the truck trying to drive him off your sheep and the national park buffalo that was wounded by a deer hunter in your backyard. Tri-State Neighbor: Country Living Tri-State Neighbor. But to be more specific it definitely includes the spotted owl that flew into your picture window,...

You are in: Home>News> Livestock Woodchip pad complies with rules 26/06/2007 00:00:00 FWi Outwintering cattle without infringing cross-compliance rules is now much easier for the Williams family of Old Park Farm, Margam, thanks to the installation of a large woodchip pad. You are in: Home>News> Livestock Woodchip pad complies with rules 26/06/2007 00:00:00 FWi Outwintering cattle without infringing cross-compliance rules is now much easier for the Williams family of Old Park Farm, Margam,...

Because of the price, "Chinese cuisine developed extensive methods for preserving it, as well as for using every part of the animal in imaginative ways. But it isn't tender feelings for swine that caused Wang Bin, a retired export company worker, to start replacing pork with vegetables, chicken and fish as the mainstays of her family's diet. Pigs and poultry, she said, "are the most efficient converters of feed to protein," and both can be raised on marginal land, a description that...

Cattle feedyards like the one Kyle Williams manages in Texas, the nation s leading cattle-producing state, is one of the first stops on the road to higher beef prices. LUBBOCK, Texas Motorists might save a few cents a gallon filling their tanks with ethanol, but they could soon be paying more for a burger and a milkshake as a result. About a quarter of the 30,000 animals at Lubbock Feeders were bought before corn prices began to soar steadily and the added cost was not factored into the...

It is great news for our cereal producers but it is going to be very hard for the livestock sector - especially the intensive feeders. As pigs are fed mostly on grains, Mossie's feed costs must rise steeply so he won't be the one to underestimate the rise in cereal prices. The ears are still filling, but the verdant green is giving way to the yellows which will gradually fade to grey by harvest. The stuff was far too wet for selling, but new crop is always much cheaper than the old and, as...