animal welfare

Forage and Hay Options

Truffle Media Networks — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:01:34 +0000

Forage / hay quality and availability is tight this year. Many operations are facing tough decisions on acquiring feed options. If you are faced with using lower quality forage or hay, this post will help in identifying the quality and storage options for fall and winter.

The quality of the hay will vary greatly, depending on the time of year, maturity and weather conditions when the hay was made in addition to how it is stored. While we encourage forage testing as the only real way of knowing the feed value of your hay, very few farmers are following through with this practice.

Tom Carlson - Protecting & Growing Agriculture Amidst the Activist Conflict

Truffle Media Networks — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:26:35 +0000

Protecting & Growing Agriculture Amidst the Activist Conflict - Tom Carlson, Nebraska State Senate, Chairman, Agriculture Committee, from the 2011 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholders Summit, May 5-6, Arlington, VA, USA.

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James Zehringer - Protecting & Growing Agriculture Amidst the Activist Conflict

Truffle Media Networks — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:43:59 +0000

Protecting & Growing Agriculture Amidst the Activist Conflict - James Zehringer, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture, from the 2011 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholders Summit, May 5-6, Arlington, VA, USA.

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What Tactics Are Used By HSUS and PETA

Truffle Media Networks — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:39:17 +0000

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Kay Johnson Smith, Animal Agriculture Alliance, shares what tactics are utilized by HSUS, PETA, and other organizations to tell a story against animal agriculture and why it is important for agri-professionals to understand those tactics. From the 2011 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholders Summit, May 5-6, Arlington, VA, USA.

Charlie Arnot - How American Consumers View American Production Practices

Truffle Media Networks — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:50:50 +0000

How American Consumers View American Production Practices - Charlie Arnot, Center for Food Integrity, from the 2011 Annual Conference of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, April 11 - 14, San Antonio, TX USA.

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Who Will Be At The Animal Ag Stakeholders Summit?

Truffle Media Networks — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:46:43 +0000

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The Animal Agriculture Alliance will host its tenth annual Stakeholders Summit May 5-6, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. The Summit will bring together food and farm industry leaders to reflect on the challenges of the past decade and new opportunities to strengthen agriculture advocacy efforts in the future. Jason Shoultz, Senator Tom Carlson, Frank Luntz, Andy Dietrick, Debbie Lyons-Blythe, and Teresa Platt are some of the key speakers at the Summit.

BeefCast update for June 11, 2010, So You Think You Have A Tough Day?

John Blue — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:04:32 +0000

After a trip to Chicago earlier this week, I am reminded once again how great the distance is between consumers and the farm. While the mileage from downtown Chicago to the nearest farm may not be long, the distance in understanding of consumers and food production is continually growing.

We need to establish education as one of our top priorities and work diligently to close this education gap that exists today. So I challenge each of us to do a little more to help consumers better understand our story of producing their food.

Take a couple of minutes and share with me some of the steps that you have taken to help educate our consumers (feedback). Or just share some of your thoughts on how we, as an agriculture community, can do a better job of educating.

BeefCast^® Conversations

So You Think You Have A Tough Day?

Captain Scott O'Grady, former US Air Force fighter pilot, shares his story of survival after being shot down by the enemy. Part 1 and Part 2

U.S. Dairy Group Plans Another Herd Buyout

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT), said it will conduct its 10th herd retirement program. "It is our belief that a herd retirement at this time will add to the positive momentum already building and should result in speeding up the milk price recovery already in progress," Jerry Kozak, president of the National Milk Producers Federation, said in a statement.

What Does A Cattle Welfare Scorecard Look Like?

Temple Grandin, world renowned cattle handling expert, offers her thoughts on how to effectively create a cattle welfare scorecard for your operation. Thanks to DairyCast for this post!

Agriculture Telling its Story

What is the Minnesota Soybean Ambassador Program? Emily Zweber (@ezweber), chats with @mnsoyambies of Minnesota Soybean about the Minnesota Soybean Ambassador program.

Latinos... “Low Hanging Fruit” For Animal Rights Activists? From Orlando Gil: When you look at efforts from just about every industry in the United States trying to tap into the emerging Latino market, one has to wonder when Animal Rights Activists will follow suit. What has been done by leading animal rights organizations to reach out to this market?

Farms beset by spies Dr. Ronald Lemenager shares a post by Holly Zachariah from the Columbus Dispatch: "Dave Thorbahn knows his business is a target. Some of his 184 employees already have been offered cash to videotape what goes on inside his barns. Who offered them the money or why, Thorbahn can’t say. It could have been someone looking for trade secrets, but he suspects otherwise. He wonders whether it was someone working for an animal-rights organization that wanted a peek inside Select Sires, a bull-semen facility with 1,791 bulls in 57 barns in Ohio and Pennsylvania."

BeefCast^® Conference Connection

Updated presentations from the 2010 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholder's Summit: Truth, Lies and Videotape: Is Activism Jeopardizing Our Food Security?

Video: Reaching Friends, Family & Urban Consumers Sarah Hubbart, Communications Coordinator, Animal Agriculture Alliance, talks about the impact & value of social networking.

Video: Strategies for Coping with "Animal Law" Claims John Simpson, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

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Latinos... “Low Hanging Fruit” For Animal Rights Activists?

Truffle Media Networks — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:24:09 +0000

Latinos... “Low Hanging Fruit” For Animal Rights Activists? When you look at efforts from just about every industry in the United States trying to tap into the emerging Latino market, one has to wonder when Animal Rights Activists will follow suit.

Animal‑rights is not about treating animals more nicely

John Blue — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:31:25 +0000

Animal‑rights is not about treating animals more nicely Wesley J. Smith, Award winning author and Senior Fellow in Human Rights and Bioethics at the Discovery Institute, shares his view that animal-rights is an ideology and that agriculture much better job of explaining the great traditions of animal husbandry and the tremendous human benefit we receive from the proper and humane use of animals.

Agchat Discussion on Animal Care

John Blue — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:00:11 +0000

Animal Care discussions on Agchat has responses to questions, resource links, and transcript.