Producers with horned cattle should develop and implement a dehorning plan that improves efficiency and animal well being, Oklahoma State University experts said. “A successful plan involves the use ...
Food manufacturers and restaurants are taking the dairy industry by the horns on an animal welfare issue that's long bothered activists but is little known to consumers: the painful removal of budding ...
As horned cattle become less common in the industry, livestock producers need to practice recommended dehorning techniques to ensure their animals’ well-being, said Oklahoma State University experts. ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to subsidise farmers who let the horns on their cows and goats grow rather than removing them with a red-hot iron in a procedure which critics ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Food manufacturers and restaurants are taking the dairy industry by the horns on an animal welfare issue that’s long bothered activists but is little known to consumers: the painful ...
Concern over the cruelty of removing a cow's horns had not been one of Switzerland's most pressing political issues. So when livestock farmer Armin Capaul -- inspired by conversations with his cattle ...
Dr. Heather Schlesser, a dairy expert from UW-Extension joined NewsChannel 7 at Noon on Friday to discussing dehorning and disbudding calves and why it's important to do so. Disbudding is removing the ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Food manufacturers and restaurants are taking the dairy industry by the horns on an animal welfare issue that bothers activists but is little known to consumers. Horned calves are ...
Non-farmers (or really anyone who doesn’t deal with the issue) may not realize that dehorning cattle is not like trimming a fingernail. Armin Capaul, a small-scale rancher and farmer, initiated a ...
The next time you're in the dairy aisle at the supermarket, take a moment to imagine the animals that produced all that milk. Do these cows have horns? Chances are they do, or at least they did at ...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Food manufacturers and restaurants are taking the dairy industry by the horns on an animal welfare issue that's bothered activists but is little known to consumers: the painful ...