Tag: animal welfare
Protesting agriculture becoming a professional sport – National Hog Farmer
Source: http://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/blog/protesting-agriculture-becoming-professional-sport Photo Credit: Thinkstock/ericcrama Protesting agriculture becoming a professional sport Cheryl Day 2 | ... Read More
Western Canada Ranchers Fear Going ‘Broke by Spring’ as Disease Spreads – Reuters
By Reuters November 23, 2016 Ranchers in western Canada whose herds are under quarantine due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis told federal legislators on Tuesday that they desperately need to sell... Read More
Food ‘Knowledge Gap’ Creates Danger For Farmers – Real Agriculture
Source: https://www.realagriculture.com/2016/04/food-knowledge-gap-creates-danger-farmers/ Food ‘Knowledge Gap’ Creates Danger For Farmers – Real Agriculture written by RealAgriculture News Team... Read More
Actually, Raising Beef Is Good for the Planet – Wall Street Journal
Despite environmentalists’ worries, cattle don’t guzzle water or cause hunger—and can help fight climate change Grasslands for cattle safeguard soil, water and land. Getty Images By Nicolette Ha... Read More
Do organic animals get sick and if so, what does that farmer or rancher use to treat the animal?
Do organic animals get sick and if so, what does that farmer or rancher use to treat the animal? If an animal that is being raised for food using organic production practices becomes sick, the farmer/... Read More
PETA may be crazy, but other groups aren’t that different
Source: https://animalagengage.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/peta-may-be-crazy-but-other-groups-arent-that-different/ July 24, 2015 by Casey Whitaker If you had cream in your coffee this morning or ... Read More
Antibiotics and Animals Raised for Food: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics – Food Safety News
BY DR. RICHARD RAYMOND From what I have been reading lately, it appears to me that the next big fight over agriculture’s ability to provide consumers with plentiful, safe and affordable meat and po... Read More
Farm Babe: Antibiotic resistance from livestock to humans, easily explained – AGDAILY.COM
Did you know that all meat and dairy products are antibiotic free? If farmers use antibiotics on livestock, by law that animal must go through a withdrawal period to ensure the drug is no longer in th... Read More