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Temple Grandin Is On Discovery Science Tonight
Animal behaviorist and facilities designer Temple Grandin is the subject of an “Ingenious Minds” episode airing on the Discovery Science Channel at 8:30 p.m. MT on Thursday, March 3...
Board Would Set Poultry, Livestock Care Rules
Maryland's poultry and livestock farmers -- largely exempt from the state's animal cruelty rules -- support creating an advisory board to set formal animal-care guidelines....
NCBA Video: Redefining Animal Welfare
BEEF magazine editors Amanda Radke and Jamie May asked producers to define the term "animal welfare" at the Cattle Industrys Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Denver...
Solid Vs. Open Design On Livestock Handling Facilities
I’ve advocated for years the use of solid sides on loading ramps, chutes and crowd pens. In many situations, adding solid fences improved the movement of cattle into trucks and squeeze chutes...
“Temple Grandin” DVD Is Now Available
The DVD version of the HBO biopic “Temple Grandin,” which is up for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, goes on sale Aug. 17. The DVD offers bonus features that include a “making of” featurette and audio commentary from Temple Grandin...
Ranch Welfare Audits
Auditing for animal welfare at the ranch demands simplicity and effectively chosen critical control points. Temple Grandin – renowned livestock behaviorist – began gathering benchmark data in 1996...
An Update on Animal Behaviorist Temple Grandin
Life has changed a bit for Temple Grandin since the Feb. 6 debut of her biopic on HBO, Temple Grandin. She's being called on more as a speaker on autism, for one thing, and she's recognized more in public. Yeah, a lot more, she says. In fact, two people recognized me just this morning in the airport...
Go One On one and Advocate for the U.S. Beef Industry
I remember the very first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Our science class was assigned to go out and document environmental degradation...
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...

























