I believe that these prices should mark a summer low in that part of the country as we should be past our peak numbers of market ready fed cattle and we begin to get more in line with the southern fed cattle market. Last week saw mostly steady to higher prices in the feeder cattle markets, with early week softness turning to strength on lower corn values and the better tone to the fed cattle market. Both slaughter cow and feeder cattle prices should be very well supported in the coming...

A fleet of vintage Standard cars arrives in Ely for the 48th international rally The last Standard motor vehicle rolled off the production line in Coventry 44 years ago, but proud owners made the trip along the A10 from Denny Abbey to Ely to demonstrate what they can still do. RAFTERS raced, scarecrows scowled, and vintage cars and James Bond's helicopter went on show in a weekend of summer fun. A fleet of vintage Standard cars arrives in Ely for the 48th international rally The last...

Japan banned American beef imports in December 2003 after the first case of mad cow disease - or bovine spongiform encephalopathy - was found in the U. Japan is also expected to submit an interim report on its own study of mad cow disease detected in cows 21 and 23 months old in the meeting of agriculture officials of both countries, according to Katagai. will submit the data it provided to the animal health organization and Japan will examine it, agriculture ministry official Toshio...

Natchez veterinarian Thomas Borum, whose fertility work is mostly with transferring cattle embryos, said the processes used have made some big advances, including going from surgical to non-surgical means. NATCHEZ Fertility clinics may be a big business for those hoping to become parents-to-be, but it s also a growing sub-industry in agriculture. Seven days later by the time the then-fertilized embryos have made their way into the uterus the veterinarian inserts a catheter into the cow s...

farmers produce more food than any other country in the world and are tops in corn, soybeans, milk and cattle, according to a United Nations agriculture census. At the same time, it's becoming more costly for young people to go into farming, and many of them see that they can make a better living by leaving the rural areas. Within the next decade those older farmers will be looking for someone to take over their operations and selling millions of acres of land. Many stay on because they...