Dehorning calves can be a controversial topic. Steve Judge, a long-time micro dairy farmer, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of dehorning. It seems like every twenty years or so the subject ...
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 ...
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 ...
Proper cattle management is essential for Ugandan livestock farmers to ensure productivity, safety, and profitability. One critical practice is dehorning, which prevents injuries among cattle and ...
A Queensland cattle company says it is working with the RSPCA on a trial to improve animal welfare in dehorning calves. McDonald Holdings runs about 170,000 head of cattle on 11 stations across north ...
Dad told us at supper that he planned on dehorning cattle the next day, which started the hope that he might forget about it by the next morning. He did not. News told of recent attacks that injured ...
Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling has just sent a letter on PETA's behalf to the National Milk Producers Federation urging officials to require dairy farmers to begin phasing out "dehorning"—a ...
ARLINGTON, Va. (ABC7) — Compassion Over Killing, a DC-based animal advocacy group, is in front of Nestlé headquarters in Arlington asking Nestlé to ban dehorning of young calves at any dairy farm it ...
Queensland graziers Sam and Sarah Becker have spent a decade painstakingly breeding their idea of perfect beef cattle — but one trait they chase never makes it to the plate. Poll cattle — animals bred ...
WE all know the act of dehorning and castrating cattle isn’t pretty, and that’s precisely the reason that Fred Appleton is searching for an alternative. The Alpha cattle producer was last week awarded ...