Organic selenium is more digestible than inorganic forms and better retained, which lets the animal build nutrient reserves against periods of increased demand without risking toxicity. This nutrient supports a healthy reproductive system, meat quality, and shelf life for beef products. Sel-Plex is an organic form of selenium yeast, as it is presented in the same forms that are naturally present in plants. Selenium plays an important role in beef cattle diets. FDA approves selenium...

As more land is dedicated to corn production, there are fewer acres on which to grow hay products and soybeans used to feed dairy cattle. Globally: * A severe prolonged drought in Oceania, Australia, a major exporter of dairy products, has affected farmers' ability there to grow crops and export dairy products. The reforms are mainly a result of a decision by the EU dairy management committee to revoke subsidies on all exported dairy products, a move that has slowed milk production by EU...

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Pastures and hay crops in the area, already heavily damaged by a late freeze, have continued in terrible condition through dry weather -- a problem from Kansas and Missouri east to the Carolinas and Maryland, the second year of crisis for much of the south. Bucking a trend that has seen dairies become almost as scarce as ski lifts on the Illinois landscape, three area cow men have done their part to help stem a 30-year decline in the livestock industry in Illinois. Pastures and hay crops...

Fair participants compete in photography or they can compete in traditional agricultural arenas, such as corn, onions and pears. The county fair as an annual fete of fun, frivolity and competition is evidently still alive and going strong - thank goodness. Numerous participants in a wide variety of 4-H and FFA events work all year to prepare for the fair. The animals they raise, the projects they complete and the knowledge they gain are funneled toward the fair, the culminating event of...