Livestock Prices National Slaughter Cattle Summary
National Slaughter Cattle Summary for week ending January 02 2004 notes light trade and movement due to New Year holiday. Slaughter steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower from late last week. boxed beef values down to 135.78 and CME futures weaker. Through Friday morning cash trades 95 600 head nationally as many markets closed. St Joseph reports no price trend due to insufficient offerings amid BSE news and holiday closures.
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Kansas urged to honor George Washington Carver with half-staff tribute
Topeka civil rights activist Sonny Scroggins urged Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to observe Carver Day with half-staff flags at state buildings on the 61st anniversary of his death. He cites Carver's 300 peanut uses and Kansas roots. Sebelius's office is reviewing the proposal. Scroggins expresses frustration at the delay. Carver lived in Kansas in the 1880s and later became a longtime Tuskegee Institute researcher.
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Top 10 stories debate and year in review
A journalist critiques year end Top 10 lists for news value and history, arguing against fixed rankings. He ponders agriculture focused items from BSE to drought, soybean production shifts, GM seeds, and labeling debates, urging readers to decide their own priorities.
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Third cattle herd quarantined in mad cow search
Washington state authorities quarantined a third cattle herd as part of the mad cow investigation after locating another cow tied to a Canadian herd. Dr. Ron DeHaven said some quarantined cattle will likely be sacrificed to prevent further spread and reassure the public. DNA tests aim to confirm whether the original cow was born in Alberta in 1997.
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