Tag: cattle

Namibia Detects a New Strain of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

WINDHOEK—Namibia has detected a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country that has infected thousands of cattle, the agriculture minister said in a statement on Thursday. The viral disease, which causes lesions and lameness in cattle, sheep and other cloven-hoofed animals but does not affect people, was first detected in May in the…


Farmers Get Creative as Profits from Soaring Beef Prices Fail to Trickle Down

STEINAUER, Neb.—It would be hard for Americans to miss that taking the family out for a steak dinner has become more and more of a luxury. Wholesale price of beef was up some 40 percent in May, compared to the average in 2019, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data. Supermarkets and restauranteurs have partly…


Praise the Graze: Where Angus Cattle Roam Free

Back to Nature The best things in life remain as they have for generations; no new technology or innovations in science can compare to the authenticity of nature in her truest form. Conscientious ranchers across the United States have increasingly set out to bridge the gaps between nature, animals, the environment, and people, by raising…


Praise the Graze: Arizona Grass Raised Beef Company

Back To Nature The best things in life just remain as they had for generations; no new technology or innovations in science can compare to the authenticity of nature in her truest form. At Arizona Grass Raised Beef Company, their mission is to bridge the gaps between nature, animals, the environment and people by delivering high…


Spanish Government Says All Cattle on Pariah Ship Should Be Killed

MADRID—More than 850 cows that have spent months on a ship in the Mediterranean are no longer fit for transport and should be killed, Spain’s Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday, confirming an earlier Reuters report. The cows were kept in what an animal rights activist called “hellish” conditions on the Karim Allah, which docked in…


Spanish Report Calls for Killing of More Than 850 Cattle on Pariah Ship

CARTAGENA, Spain—More than 850 cows that spent months aboard a ship wandering across the Mediterranean are not fit for transport anymore and should be killed, according to a confidential report by Spanish government veterinarians seen by Reuters. The cows were kept in what an animal rights activist called “hellish” conditions on the Karim Allah, which…