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EAT LAB-GROWN MEAT OR STARVE?
I read a recent report from the Adam Smith Institute, a think tank in the Uk, that opined if we did not switch to lab-grown meat the world would face a massive food crisis. It seemed to me, many of the...
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Am I a Luddite?
I was recently accused of being a Luddite. I looked it up and found that the original Luddites were a group of radical English textile workers. During the early 1800’s they protested by destroying...
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Drying-Off Dairy Cows
I recently read an article entitled “5 common mistakes farmers make when drying off cows. The author discussed many items of concern to insure a healthy dry-off. It is a good, informative discussion...
View ArticleResearch - Reading Between the Lines.
We rely on university research in many of our management decisionUnfortunately, often the conclusions or summary statement in a research report does not match the actual data or results. Here is an...
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Why Isn’t There more Research on Self Select Minerals Why for Livestock?
Our current scientific culture is almost totally enamored with reductionist research. Typical investigators try to divide everything into smaller and smaller portions and then research the tiny...
View ArticleWhy D0 Nutritionists’ Reject Animal Wisdom?
I have often wondered why more main–stream livestock nuritionists do not embrace the concept of animal nutritional wisdom and shun the use of cafeteria-style mineral feeding. When questioned...
View ArticleWhat Goes Around, Comes Around
What goes around, comes around has a couple of meanings. One is that there are consequences to everything we do – we reap what we sow. Another connotation has to do with the cyclic repetition of...
View ArticleEpigenetics; “… the ‘blood’ is still there.”
In the early and mid years of the last century it was not uncommon for folks with lots of money to spend to buy a ranch and stock it with pure-bred cattle. Many of these enterprises were...
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A Tribute to Mules
Missouri has been famous as a producer of quality mules for many decades. The mule has been designated as the official state animal of Missouri. Having been born and raised as a Missourian, I have...
View ArticleChange the Way We Look at Things.
The noted Dr. Wayne Dyer once said, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” The ever unfolding science of ep1genetics has certainly changed the way we look at...
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Looking for “Tells”
I am not a poker player but I do enjoy reading about people playing poker and watching some of the famous poker games in old movies. I am amazed at the professional poker player, after a few beginning...
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Do Cafeteria-Style Minerals Work Better in Organic or Conventional Dairy herds?
I have often been asked to compare results of smorgasbord mineral feeding in different situations. Since there is no clear meaning to either ‘organic’ or ‘conventional’ — my quick answer would be,...
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A”Paleo Diet” for Livestock
The popular Paleo Diet, also known as the caveman or stone age diet, is an intriguing concept. It purports to mimic the diet of hunter/gatherers in the Paleolithic era. However, recent studies have...
View ArticleDo Animals Eat Minerals Because They Need Them or Because They Taste Good?
Animals eat minerals because they taste good, but they only taste good when they are needed. I know that sounds like gibberish, but consider this: Appetite for any given mineral is governed by a...
View ArticleRight Under Your Nose.
For months I had been bothered by strange noises coming from outside my upstairs office. When it was windy out, I would hear thump, thump, thump of varying intensity. Listening with the window...
View ArticleHey, Doc! Waddya got for worms?
“Hey, Doc! Waddya got for worms?” — or something similar is often heard by large animal veterinarians. It usually indicates they have a parasite problem in one of their animals or in the whole...
View Article“I dunno, I guess there’s sumthin in it they need.”
In the early 1960s, shortly after I began a vet practice in Missouri, I was called to treat a sick animal on a hill country farm NW of town. The owner, Glenn, had called me several times in the past,...
View ArticleGet Bigger or Get Out?
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s remark at a town hall meeting at the recent World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI. did not go over well with the farming community and for good reason given the...
View ArticleHow Many Will Starve?
In 1971, then US Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz1uttered these unsympathetic words: “Before we go back to organic agriculture in this country, somebody must decide which 50 million Americans we are...
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Lactobacillus —the Sour-milk Bacteria
Lactobacilli are almost ubiquitous in our natural environment, being present in milk and on growing plants. Considering that our use of yogurt and cheese goes back into antiquity, lactobacilli have...
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