Salt useful to control cattle's intake levels Post Comment Salt, which is made up of sodium and chlorine, plays an important nutritional role in the diet of cattle, said Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension. Research and producer observations have not come up with any effect on fertility, calf crop percentage, weaning weight or animal appearance from high salt intakes," said Cole. Cole says one frequent question is whether or not this high salt intake will...

The production of corn for ethanol is causing the price of the staple to rise, in turn driving up the price of feed for livestock and reducing supplies of meat and poultry. Soda, Mexican food and other products that contain corn byproducts - such as the high-fructose corn syrup used in sodas - are also feeling the pinch, he said. While the most obvious effect is on beef prices because cattle are the largest animals and require the most feed, Latham said chicken and pork prices are rising...

The Agency imposed the movement restrictions on November 18, 2006, after a load of cattle feed ingredient suspected of containing a very small amount of meat and bone meal was reportedly distributed to two feed mills in Ontario and Quebec. The Agency is currently conducting further analysis at the feed mill and on farms to determine if any of these animals did not consume the feed of concern and can be excluded from movement controls. Information subsequently collected and validated has...

Department of Food and Agriculture recently advised that meat costs would rise to meet a reduction in meat production based on spiraling feed costs as more corn is used to produce ethanol fuel. It is the one luxury meat retailers say consumers will hang on to as the rising price of corn drives up feed for livestock, reducing supplies of meat and poultry and sending prices soaring. While the most obvious effect is on beef prices because cattle are the largest animals and require the most...

The food system has been transformed from an equation where the sun feeds plants that feed humans to one where the sun and fossil fuels feed plants to feed humans, he said. Within America's common diet, Pollan argues, corn is the country's alpha food, with its tentacles in every food from soft drinks to bologna, whether to be grain feed for cattle, corn oil for frying or high fructose corn syrup as the ubiquitous ingredient. Because the agricultural industry focuses on singular commodities...

The rise in food prices is already causing distress among consumers in some parts of the world - especially relatively poor nations such as India and China. One of the chief causes of food price inflation is new demand for ethanol and biodiesel, which can be made from corn, palm oil, sugar and other crops. Politicians in markets where food costs are a particularly sensitive matter are moving to counter rising prices before they take a bigger economic toll or fuel unrest. Soaring prices for...