Forage crop yields were down 40-50 percent, according to the letter, and grazing losses amounted to about 60 percent, causing livestock producers to sell animals or buy other feed. Missoula County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to sign a letter asking the governor declare the county in drought disaster. This summer was the hottest on record, with 11 days in July where the temperature surpassed 100 degrees, according to the letter. As a result, farmers in Missoula County...

Its seeds can produce an all purpose oil for personal health care products like shampoo and soap while its leaves, cakes and sepals can be turned into animal feed for poultry and livestock. Citing studies in Kolkota, India, the department said Moringa's root bark extract has anti-tumor and hormonal properties can help in the treatment of diseases like epithelial ovarian cancer. With its antioxidants, Moringa can also help in treating arthritis, kidney diseases and other heart ailments....

To many, the killing of a horse is just like killing a pet animal, and it was a public protest in recent years that resulted in the closure of the three horse slaughter plants in the United States. The animals are killed as humanely as possible then they are cut up into steaks, roasts and quarters to feed humans in Europe where horse meat is in big demand. The government only banned the slaughter, but this resulted in the plants having to lock their doors since there were no animals to...

Corn lays scattered on the floor around the bagging machine, itself covered by accumulated dust from various animal feeds fed into it over the years from the chute above. The three machine operators stand almost shoulder to shoulder, which are also lightly covered with the dust of the day's feed mix, their arms moving as rhythmically as the compressed air-driven, arm-like pistons of the bagger. That camouflage-patterned, 40-pound bag of Persimmon Deer Corn rolled up the conveyor belt to...

Typically toilet seats and their lids are connected via metal hinges, but this production cell from Bemis, one of the world s largest manufacturers of toilet seats replaces metal hinges with two-material versions (a stiff grade of PP and a flexible thermoplastic elastomer); according to Bemis, the process replaces eight individual parts with just one. Typically toilet seats and their lids are connected via metal hinges, but this production cell from Bemis, one of the world s largest...