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Cattle on feed
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.4 million head on June 1, 2009. The inventory was four percent below June 1, 2008.
Placements in feedlots during May totaled 1.64 million, 14 percent below 2008. Net placements were 1.54 million head. This is the second lowest placements for the month of May since the series began in 1996. During May, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 395,000, 600-699 pounds were 305,000, 700-799 pounds were 433,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 505,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 1.95 million, nine percent below 2008. This is the lowest fed cattle marketings for the month of May since the series began in 1996.
Other disappearance totaled 101,000 during May, 26 percent above 2008.
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Low-stress cattle management can increase profits and consumer confidence
Low-stress management is an option which meets the consumer and the producer needs.
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Grandin to speak at OSU seminar
Temple Grandin coming to Oklahoma State University on September 15 to speak to the students and public about animal welfare.
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Weather encourages menagerie of insects
There's quite a collection of insects being found in Arkansas due to the hot weather: armyworms, bollworms, grasshoppers, stinkbugs, tobacco budworms, salt marsh caterpillars, wooly bears, loopers and three-cornered alfalfa hoppers.
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SW Center Field Day set Sept. 10
Fences, particularly those used in management-intensive grazing systems, will be discussed at the upcoming Southwest Center field day on September 10.
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OBC field days aim to educate producers
The Oklahoma Beef Council through the beef checkoff program, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, is hosting field days in four districts throughout the state to educate beef producers about topics including beef quality, cattle production and handling, consumer demand and methods to increase profitability.
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Wheat production and preserving water quality discussed at recent meeting
Area producers learned about the 2010 wheat crop and how to plan for next year, as well as how to properly handle poultry litter.
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Advances in beef productivity have reduced carbon footprint
Jude Capper’s research revealed improvements in nutrition, management, growth rate and processing weights, significantly have reduced the environmental impact of modern beef production and improved its sustainability.
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August is Kansas Farmers’ Market Month
In support of the state’s farmers’ markets, Governor Mark Parkinson signing a proclamation declaring August Kansas Farmers’ Market Month and August 1 to 7 Kansas Farmers’ Market Week.
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Kansas ranch family wins environmental stewardship award
Sproul Ranch, owned by Bill and Peggy Sproul, Sedan, Kansas, is a 2010 regional Environmental Stewardship Award winner.
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Missouri beef tour slated August 28
The 2010 University of Missouri Extension 14th annual Beef Tour is slated for August 28.
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