Colostrum and Calf Survival Key to Early Immunity
Calf losses climb within 24 hours of birth with 70 percent in the first days. Rapid colostrum nursing provides passive immunity and energy, with 12 hours after birth absorbing far less immunoglobins than immediate nursing. Factors include calving ease, cow nutrition, and pre calving energy and protein, plus use of supplemental colostrum when needed.
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Colorado State University
New crops may answer rural woes
A scientific coalition led by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology proposes new crops to stabilize prices, diversify farms, and boost rural prosperity. Based in Ames, Iowa, the group urges federal leadership in research to develop crops like crambe, cuphea, guayule, jojoba, lesquerella, vernonia, meadowfoam, and Stokesia, with potential industrial and health benefits and small-scale rural processing.
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Ashington W
America
Council For Agricultural Science and Technology
Ames
Iowa
Washington
Agriculture Department
Jules Janick
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Janick
Jefferson
Melvin G. Blase
University of Missouri (Columbia
United States
Council
Robert Myers
USDA
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
1996 Spring Sire Evaluation Report highlights Angus bull Princeton-Leo
Princeton area cattle breeders Leo and Mary Wiederholt own one Angus bull listed in the 1996 Spring Sire Evaluation Report by the American Angus Association. EP D data cover birth weight to ribeye area and other traits, drawn from 4236 sites and Herd Improvement Records. The association is based in St Joseph Missouri.
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Princeton
Leo
Mary Wiederholt
American Angus Association
St. Joseph
RMH Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Kansas Fertilizer and Chemical Association
Association
Manhattan
Brandeberry
Kansas State University
KSU
Department of Animal Sciences and Industry
You County Extension Office
Windbreaks protect herds and cut wind chill significantly
ANCO News Service reports windbreaks around homes and cattle feed areas reduce wind speed, lower wind chill, and influence cattle weight. A dense 10 row barrier can cut a 30 mph wind by one half to two thirds, aiding energy conservation and potentially improving gains by up to 35 pounds in mild winters. The NRCS in Garnett offers guidance for livestock and farmstead wind breaks.
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ANCO
NRCS
Glickman to deliver lecture on Dillon Lecture series
Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman will open the 1996 Dillon Lecture Series in Hutchinson at 10 30 a.m. Friday in the Hutchinson Sports Arena He previously served 18 years in the U S House and chaired key agriculture and intelligence panels The Dillon Lecture Series honors Ray and Stella Dillon and invites students to attend in sponsored groups.
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Harris
Atchinson
Glickman
Hutchinson
U.S
House of Representatives
Kansas
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
USDA
House
Dillon
Ray
Stella Dillon
Hutchinson Community College
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