Department of Agriculture, is opposing the resumption of cattle exports from Canada for breeding or herd replacement purposes. Due to ongoing concerns about the effectiveness in Canada of the 10 years-old ban on feeding mammalian tissues to cows n the key firewall intended to prevent the spread of BSE, or mad cow disease n NMPF told the USDA that it would be imprudent to allow live animal traffic to resume. Due to ongoing concerns about the effectiveness in Canada of the 10 years-old ban...

If a second herd is found to have the disease, Montana could lose its coveted brucellosis-free status from the federal government. Officials say the perception of Montana's livestock industry could suffer, even if the outbreak there is limited to a single herd. A brucellosis outbreak in northwest Wyoming in 2003 cost that state's livestock industry millions of dollars. That would force a prolonged and costly testing and vaccination program. Brucellosis causes pregnant cattle to abort their...

Instead, they're pushing for reliable information that would tell consumers whether industrial or family farms produced the food, whether that food was grown locally, and whether farms treated their animals "humanely. Whole Foods announced a $10 million low-interest loan program to help local farmers - as well as other efforts to get local products into their stores. CHICAGO -- The organic industry may be one of the fastest-growing niches of the food world, but for a small group of...

Beef sales and operating improvements pushed Tyson Foods inc. to its best overall quarter since the summer of 2005, despite swings in both corn and live cattle prices. Beef has been a dismal business for the world's largest meat packer amid sagging exports and protein oversupplies that pushed prices lower for 10 consecutive quarters. Also, analysts predict stronger processing margins and adequate cattle supply in light of the winter storms that held cattle back. On Monday, the company...

Taylor, 36, maintains about 25 purebred, black Angus cattle on the family farm Taylor Maples and sells some of the animal's meat at market. Previous generations of the family raised dairy cattle on the farm. The association is primarily a networking organization, but Taylor will also be involved in such events as the annual Bull Test, in which Angus cattle are tested for their genetics; the Michigan Beef Expo; and various Michigan Junior Association events and fundraisers. The association...

Fortunately, it is no longer deemed necessary to send tens of thousands of men underground, but accidents still happen on farms with a depressing regularity. Farming is a dangerous industry, but it is also nowadays to a large extent a solitary occupation with relatively few people employed on farms. Well, that does not wash with me; nor indeed would it with any motorist who found a tractor suddenly turning right without signalling because the indicator light was not working. However, the...