The disease can also infect sheep, goats, deer and other animals with cloven hooves, but it is not recognized as a human disease. Foot-and-mouth disease, also called FMD, is a severe, highly communicable viral disease of cattle and swine. The United States has been free of foot-and-mouth disease since 1929, but summit organizers said a 2001 outbreak in Great Britain showed that the disease can spread widely and rapidly. It can cause severe losses in meat and milk production. It is...

Sharon McDonald, wife of former R-CALF USA director Dennis McDonald, and former member Judie Manuel have been submitting letters to various publications that mislead readers by asserting that litigation against former directors and members has absolutely no basis, that the lawsuits are frivolous and wasting producer dollars. Sharon McDonald, wife of former R-CALF USA director Dennis McDonald, and former member Judie Manuel have been submitting letters to various publications that mislead...

While we in the United States are still largely locked into this failing paradigm the market as sacred arbiter of economic outcomes people elsewhere are beginning to make the right to food real, more than fifty years after it was first codified in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While we in the United States are still largely locked into this failing paradigm the market as sacred arbiter of economic outcomes people elsewhere are beginning to make the right to food...

Current battery technology is not advancing in efficiency by leaps and bounds, so until we migrate to a new medium of storing energy, vehicles might, rather than producing toxic fumes constantly while running, produce several hundred pounds of toxic batteries every several years which need to be disposed. Current battery technology is not advancing in efficiency by leaps and bounds, so until we migrate to a new medium of storing energy, vehicles might, rather than producing toxic fumes...

A low somatic cell count indicates high quality milk produced by healthy cows that are not infected with sub-clinical mastitis, says John Drake of the Charlottetown Veterinary Clinic. The excellent udder health in the Red Oak herd is a result of sound overall nutrition and management, special attention to detail at milking time, and the use of preventive measures, such as Orbaseal, a non-antibiotic dry cow teat sealant. Dairy cows thrive on consistency in a clean, comfortable environment,...

Previous Previous Next Next View Gallery By Alwyn Jones Alwyn Jones farms Welsh Black suckler cattle and Welsh Mountain sheep on 290 acres near Bala If anyone wanted to find a way to bring the sheep industry to its knees, they could not have found a better way than the recent foot and mouth outbreak. Previous Previous Next Next View Gallery By Alwyn Jones Alwyn Jones farms Welsh Black suckler cattle and Welsh Mountain sheep on 290 acres near Bala If anyone wanted to find a way to bring the...