If we don’t drive our cattle properly, their minds are on going back to where they came from and be looking for a way out. We need to show them this is their new home.
Alleyways are used not only for livestock movement, but for cattle "storage." But cattle don’t like to be crowded, and remaining in alleyways until processing makes the corral experience bad, and makes cattle harder to work next time.
Whether it’s to fulfill Phase One promised, or an increased need for feed, some say the timing of the record Chinese buys isn’t a coincidence. So, what's driving the record demand from China?
There’s a way to refute the widespread belief that raising livestock is dragging the Earth into oblivion. But it would require producers to rethink how view their primary resource: the land.
Attempting to satirize anyone's religious beliefs is like walking on hot coals: One step too far and you're going to get seriously burned in this case for trying to promote Australian lamb.
Grass-fed beef is not as environmentally-friendly as some proponents claim. That’s the conclusion of a new study from U.K.-based Food Climate Research Network (FCRN).