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Animal disease traceability plan pointed in the right direction That was the theme of the Joint Strategy Forum on Animal Disease Traceability sponsored by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture and the United States Animal Health Association in Denver earlier this week. And it was a welcome respite from the sometimes contentious commentary that surrounded the plan’s predecessor, the National Animal Identification System that was scrapped earlier this year for the disease traceability approach. |
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NCBA QUESTIONS R-CALF AFFILIATION WITH EXTREMIST ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS Representatives of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) question the affiliation of R-CALF with the animal rights and environmental activist group Food and Water Watch. According to separate news releases issued by the two groups, R-CALF and Food and Water Watch are joining forces on the campaign to support USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration’s (GIPSA) proposed rule on livestock marketing. NCBA President Steve Foglesong said well-funded activist groups, like Food and Water Watch, are working to obstruct the success of U.S. agriculture and its efforts to feed a growing global population. He said Food and Water Watch, a lobbyist group full of "career activists," has a longstanding history of lobbying for stringent agricultural regulations that are devoid of science |
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Low-stress cattle management can increase profits and consumer confidence With consumers becoming more interested in how livestock are handled and raised, producers need to find solutions to satisfy their customers as well as remain profitable. Low-stress management is an option which meets the consumer and the producer needs. |
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Proposed GIPSA Changes Force The Cattle Industry To Go To War With Itself. Again Most of the participants in July’s Battle of Denver, which was fought over the possible misuse of millions of checkoff dollars, moved up the road to Friday's USDA-DOJ listening session in Fort Collins and they’re fighting anew over some serious money this time. Both battles pit rancher against rancher in a state of mind where laws prohibiting concealed carry and automated weaponry don’t exist, so hidden agendas and heavy artillery are the rule of the day. We’re not content to let anti-ag groups kill us off one-by-one when we can do it much more efficiently ourselves. |
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Activists Say State Board Not Doing Enough To Protect Animals Animal-rights activists lashed out at the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Tuesday morning, saying the board is dragging its feet and not doing enough to protect animals. The Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University post this article to only inform members of our industry how the food- animal production is being portrayed by the media. |
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