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Kathy and Russell Bell of Bell Columbias, Gillette, WY, consigned five Columbia rams to the 2020-21 Wyoming Ram Test. Four achieved Certified Columbia Ram status, marking the second year that Bell rams have earned this honor in CSBA’s three year old ram certification program. Of special note is the fact that one of the rams—Bell B-181 “CR 005”—ranked first on the Wyoming Certified Index, topping all rams and all breeds on a test that included Columbia, Rambouillet, and Targhee. The index is calculated based on the following weighted factors: 25% Average Daily Gain (ADG), 25% Feed Ef...

New 'Genetic Selection and Fertility Management' dairy TDF farmer Ashley Fleming, from Seaforde, Co Down NINE NEW dairy technology demonstration farms (TDFs) have been appointed by Northern Ireland's College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, The TDF project has is creating a network of local farms to allow other farmers to see new technology and innovations at work which they might then adopt on their own farms. Over the past year CAFRE has organised a series of more than 100 mostly online training events at TDFs right across Northern Ireland in the dairy, beef, sheep and pig s...

Regulate the widespread use of antibiotics in animals we eat saying, quote, under this new voluntary initiative certain antibiotics would not be used for so-called production purposes such as to enhance growth or improve feed efficiency in an animal. these antibiotics would still be available to prevent control and treat illnesses in animals under the supervision of a veterinarian. in other words, the same way that humans need a prescription for antibiotics, so do animals. did you catch the word voluntary, that's led the fda opponents to say it's not enough to solve the problem of antibiotic d...