Children shouldn’t be on ATVs
CHICAGO - All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) pose a serious risk of injury and even death, according to the largest study ever conducted of ATV injuries in children.
For healthy horses, avoid cranking the barn’s heat
STILLWATER, Okla. - Horse owners who use heated barns to keep water from freezing and protect horses from cold temperatures during late fall and winter should remember supplemental heat can cause problems if used incorrectly.
Grain prices up, hog prices way down
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The November winter wheat price for Ohio was $6.58 per bushel, down 83 cents from October but $2.
Inconvenient truth: U.S. gas emissions are down
WASHINGTON - Total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 7,075.6 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent in 2006, a decrease of 1.
‘Mad cow’ found in Canadian herd
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a 13-year-old beef cow from Alberta.
New tool breeds kinder, gentler cows
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The American Angus Association recently released a new research docility genetic evaluation.
So, exactly what are carbon offsets?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - While most Americans are aware that they increase carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel to drive their cars and heat their homes, they tend to think less about the greenhouse impacts of other daily activities.
Swine flu has avian flu genes
AMES, Iowa - Researchers have identified a new strain of swine influenza - H2N3 - which belongs to the group of H2 influenza viruses that last infected humans during the 1957 pandemic.
Why were cattle prices strong in 2007?
Kansas slaughter steer prices are on track to establish a new record high of about $93/hundredweight in 2007.
