Livestock News

Beef Cattle

Four new articles have been posted in this week’s issue number 1323 of the Ohio BEEF Cattle letter: http://u.osu.edu/beef/

This week OSU Professor Emeritus Dr. Francis Fluharty offers some thoughts on animal agriculture and how it fits into our environment, and society.

Articles this week include:

• In Defense of Animal Agriculture
• Don’t let the performance of your cattle get stuck in the mud
• Reproductive Failure in Cattle-Frequently Asked Questions about Leptospirosis
• The Seasonality of Calf Prices and Factors Unique to 2022 / 2023

Small Ruminant

• Preventing Drug Residues- Record Keeping
  • Ohio Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health, Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab Why keep drug records? There are numerous reasons to keep records regarding the Read more…
• Ideas to Reduce Labor and Improve Ewe Welfare at Lambing Time
• Thinking About Selling Home-based or Farm-raised Foods? See This!
  • The Ohio State University, Department of Extension A recent USDA survey identified 7,107 farms in Ohio with direct food sales—the third highest state in the Read more…