Tanzania: Drought Devastates Maasai Communities - AllAfrica.com
News | allafrica.com | 1 hour 46 minutes ago
Arusha — The drought spell that has hit most parts of Arusha and Manyara regions for about two consecutive years is tearing apart the Maasai social fabric and driving youths in large numbers to seek employment or beg for food in urban areas.
Flat cattle market predicted for 2010 - Rapid City Journal
News | www.rapidcityjournal.com | 2 hours 22 minutes ago
The national economic downturn and its impact on people’s eating habits likely will continue to hold cattle prices flat next year, according to James Sartwelle, a livestock economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation. And that will continue to add stress to economies in Western states.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_ef6c0ea6-d723-11de-bf70-001cc4c03286.html
Sarkley Limousin Heifers Sell to 25,000gns
News | www.stackyard.com | 4 hours 30 minutes ago
A consignment of maiden and yearling heifers from the Sarkley Limousin herd attracted strong interest for the Pennie family based at Montgomery, Powys.
Profits Predicted For Tyson Foods - Northwest Arkansas News
News | www.nwanews.com | 5 hours 59 minutes ago
NWANews.com is the digital media version of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Northwest Arkansas Times and the Benton County Daily Record. Wall Street expects a 100 percent turnaround in profit from Tyson Foods when it reports fourth quarter and fiscal 2009 earnings Monday.
http://www.nwanews.com/news/2009/nov/22/profits-predicted-tyson-foods/
Wilangi promises Brahman value for money - North Queensland Register
News | nqr.farmonline.com.au | 9 hours 42 minutes ago
NOT only can the Wilangi Invitation Brahman Sale lay claim to be Australia's biggest Grey Brahman sale selection, but records from the 2008 sale reinforce the event's claims of being the best 'value for money' bull-buying auction sale conducted during the spring bull selling season.
Sunset Acres farm family plows forward - The Courier News
News | www.suburbanchicagonews.com | 10 hours 13 minutes ago
Most people in this rootless age can say they have moved at least five times in their lifetime. Bob, Alan and Nick Conro can say their family has lived on the same land in Starks Corners for five generations.
United Kingdom - Promoting meat - Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
News | www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk | 16 hours 11 minutes ago
A RALLYING cry has gone out to supermarkets and shoppers to help livestock farming in East Yorkshire survive. Supermarkets are being urged to support farmers by doing all they can to stock British beef and lamb on
http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/221109/united_kingdom___promoting_meat.aspx
Cattle Market Notes: Fed Prices Slip, Corn Higher - CattleNetwork.com
News | www.cattlenetwork.com | 20 hours 54 minutes ago
Fed cattle prices continued to slip lower this week. Moderate trade commenced on Wednesday in most regions, and prices were generally steady to $1 lower according to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports. In Texas, live basis prices were $1 lower than last week at $84.
The Price of Cattle is at an All Time Low - myFM Radio News
News | www.myfmradio.ca | Nov 21, 2009
The price of cattle is at an all time low - this from the Canadian Cattleman's Association. Locally, the President of the Renfrew County National Farmers Union, Dave Mackay (Mac-eye) says it's a blow to free trade.
http://www.myfmradio.ca/961/wire/news/01553_A_R_P_Cow_Prices1WEB_102644.php
Batang Lupar Has Potential To Become Sarawak's Beef Valley - Bernama
News | www.bernama.com | Nov 21, 2009
PUSA (Sarawak), Nov 21 (Bernama) -- Batang Lupar has the potential to be turned into a major livestock breeding area for commercial purpose, Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim said.
