Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: herd health

  • Wonder Tags

    Some more interesting information on the "wonder tags," the RFID tags that the Government wants us to use on our cattle for the National Animal Identification System.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2006/05/10/ag_news/livestock/live10.txt">BeefTalk: Electronic identification – Two steps ahead, one back</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Attempts to implement a national identification program for animal trace-back have been noticed. News about the…

  • Organic Beef

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/25/news/wyoming/20-organic-beef.txt">Rancher has stake in organic beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Cattle rancher Rod Morrison doesn't want to just sell you a steak.<br />n<br />nRather, he wants to sell you a choice cut of organic beef, letting you pick which ranch in the Bighorn Basin it came from. And he wants to let you make the purchase without…