FARMS AND FARMING

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Farms are important to the world. We get nearly all of the food we eat from them. When our country began, most people were farmers. As they learned more about agriculture, farmers began to use science to make their crops grow faster and grow more. Farm animals were grown so that they made more milk or gave more meat. Old machinery became new, time and energy-saving machines.

Today’s farmer knows a lot more about farming than our ancestors did. Farmers need to know about the land, crops, animals, selling the products, managing money, and borrowing money when they need it. Tokyo Escorts
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DAIRY COWS PART II

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Dairy Cows
Traditional small dairies, located primarily in the Northeast and Midwest, are going out of business. They are being replaced by intensive ‘dry lot’ dairies, which are typically located in the Southwest U.S.
Regardless of where they live, however, all dairy cows must give birth in order to begin producing milk. Today, dairy cows are forced to have a calf every year. Like human beings, cows have a nine-month gestation period, and so giving birth every twelve months is physically demanding. The cows are also artificially re-impregnated while they are still lactating from their previous birthing, so their bodies are still producing milk during seven months of their nine-month pregnancy. With genetic manipulation and intensive production technologies, it is common for modern dairy cows to produce 100 pounds of milk a day — ten times more than they would produce naturally. As a result, the cows’ bodies are under constant stress, and they are at risk for numerous health problems. Read the rest of this entry »

COW’S MILK IS FOR CALVES, NOT HUMANS

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If you have ever driven through the center of Florida, you’ve probably seen cows grazing or resting under shade trees. These cows were almost certainly being raised for beef. Although the horrible final destination for dairy cows is the same as with beef cattle—the slaughterhouse—dairy cows in Florida spend much of their lives on concrete, confined in overcrowded and disease-ridden farms. Read the rest of this entry »

Cattle Industry History

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Cattle Industry History
The following excerpts on the history of the cattle industry were pulled from the book ” Building the Beef Industry” written by Charles E. Ball. The book was commissioned to commemerate the Centennial Anniversary of the national association. Read the rest of this entry »