Low-Stress livestock Handling Workshop Set - Yankton Daily Press
25 May 2012, 9:12 pm
BROOKINGS — SDSU Extension hosts Tri-County Ag Day June 8 at the SDSU Cottonwood Research Station. The event is being planned by SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialists who are partnering with local communities to bring an annual event that ...

livestock event to feature 5K - Mankato Free Press
25 May 2012, 11:32 am
There’s the serious side of the annual livestock fundraising music/food event in St. Peter with the message of feeding hungry people in the disadvantaged parts of the world. And then there’s the fun side (which also happens to be part of getting the ...

Somaliland: livestock to Benefit from UNDP & Japan - United Nations and Peoples Organisation
24 May 2012, 11:05 am
The livestock industry provides a livelihood for 75 percent of the Somaliland population and it will now benefit from a new joint venture that will improve food security and provide affordable energy. Below is an article published by ...

New livestock tax rules in Budget 2012 - Scoop
24 May 2012, 12:06 am
Federated Farmers believes tighter tax rules around livestock valuations have been well-signalled. “Most farmers are reliant on accountants for their business tax needs and I’m no exception,” says Bruce Wills, Federated Farmers President and its ...

livestock gets eviction notice in Goshen - Daily Hampshire Gazette
20 May 2012, 8:28 pm
GOSHEN - After a history of complaints about wandering livestock causing damage to property and posing potential dangers on roadways, a tenant farmer is being ordered to get his cows and pigs out of town. Cosimo Ferrante, the owner of the ...

Humane Society Investigation At Wyoming Premium Farms Raises livestock Welfare Concerns (GRAPHIC CONTENT) - Huffington Post
20 May 2012, 6:55 pm
Earlier this year, the Humane Society of the United States prepared a young animal rights advocate for the sorts of abuse they expected her to encounter when she went to work at a Wyoming pig farm last month. Even so, the activist -- and the ...

Montana livestock Loss Board hears wolf concerns in Hamilton - Missoulian
18 May 2012, 9:27 pm
HAMILTON – The state of Montana’s livestock Loss Board came to Hamilton Friday to hear from people with concerns about wolves. They got an earful. Stevensville area rancher Carl Baldwin has never lost a cow to wolves, but elk have certainly ...

livestock exporter sanctions criticised - Sydney Morning Herald
18 May 2012, 9:10 am
ANIMAL rights groups and Labor backbenchers have slammed the sanctions issued to livestock exporters who breached animal welfare rules as weak and dismissed claims by the government the new regulations are working. An investigation, prompted by footage of ...

SD board proposes smaller rise in livestock fee - CNBC
15 May 2012, 2:57 pm
PIERRE, S.D. - A state board agreed Tuesday to scale back its plan to raise the fee for brand inspections that are used to prevent the theft of cattle and horses in western South Dakota. The Brand Board wants to increase the fee by 10 cents a head, or half ...

livestock's Heavy Hooves Impair One-Third of BLM Rangelands - Common Dreams
14 May 2012, 3:13 pm
WASHINGTON - May 14 - A new federal assessment of rangelands in the West finds a disturbingly large portion fails to meet range health standards principally due to commercial livestock operations, according to Public Employees for Environmental ...