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NASHVILLE - On this cable TV channel, there are no political pundits, no reality shows, no poker games.
There are livestock auctions, polka music and tractor pulls.
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Taking care of the livestock they show isn't just a time commitment for 4-H members, it can also be expensive.
Every project in 4-H is important and takes time to do, but the livestock tends to be more expensive," said Rob Dimmett, livestock committee chairman.
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...Title 12), the raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry, and any pr...Livestock auctions are an integral part of NAICS 4245, along with gra...
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Finishing second in the Open Pleasure Driving Class horse show at the Putnam County Fair was Robbin Chestnut, driving Pokey. The fair continues until Saturday with carnival rides, childrens games, concerts and livestock auctions.
If you go
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LOUDONVILLE -- Doyle J. "Bud" Fulmer, 84, of rural Loudonville, died Sunday evening, July 4, 2010, in MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital after an extended illness.
Bud was born Dec. 3, 1925, on the Holmes County farm where he lived his entire life. He was the son of the late Fred L. and Frances (Snively) Fulmer. Bud was a 1944 graduate of Loudonville High School and was a cattle and turkey farmer for many years. He later worked with his brother at Jumbo Trucking Co. of Mansfield, until he opened Fulmer's Country Meats on state Route 3. For more than 15 years he served as weight master at Producers Livestock Auction, formerly known Creston Livestock Auctions.
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SKOWHEGAN - , 72, passed away Tuesday morning, Nov. 1, 2011, at home on Middle Road, after a courageous four-year battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 14, 1939, in Skowhegan, son of L. Carroll and Winnifred (Howe) Clark.
He married Joanne Clark, 55 years ago on Nov. 22. He was captain of the football team, played basketball and track, served as a class officer, member of student council, and graduated cum laude. He had been inducted into Skowhegan High School Football Hall of Fame. Clayton "Clayt" grew up on the family farm and after graduating from Skowhegan High School in 1957, went to work with his dad, then purchased the farm in 1967. He showed his registered Jersey cattle at many Maine fairs for a number of years. When he was the president of Maine Jersey Cattle C...
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Cattle rustling activity has more than doubled in Oklahoma over the last year due in part to the economy, and is pushing state Agriculture Department Special Agent Jerry Flowers' staff to their limit, he said Thursday.
It's a sign of the times. The economy's bad and livestock's easy to steal," he said at the annual Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association conference in Midwest City. "Cattle are easy to steal and easy to sell. And stolen cattle are as easy to sell at livestock auctions as are cattle that aren't stolen. You're still going to get its market value. ... So it's fast, easy money, and cattle thefts are hard to track and catch.
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PHILADELPHIA (MCT) -- Four months after inhumane treatment of cows revealed at a California slaughterhouse led to the largest meat recall in U.S. history, the Humane Society of the United States on Wednesday released new undercover videos of crippled cows at livestock auctions in four states.
The Humane Society says the videos, showing five cows and a calf unable to stand, demonstrate a lack of federal or state oversight at auctions and stockyards -- the intermediate point from farm to slaughterhouse, where regulations rules require cows to be inspected.
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The beef market was hot at the Dubuque County Fair Thursday.
This year's Grand Champion steer, owned by Ashley Loes, of Cascade, Iowa, brought $3.20 per pound. Kuhlman Quarries, of Dyersville, paid more than three times the Wednesday Iowa market price.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. - A large livestock auction barn in Fayetteville was destroyed by a fire early Wednesday, but no people or animals were injured.
The Tennessee Livestock Producers Association - a service of the Tennessee Farm Bureau - owned the barn, which was used for weekly livestock auctions as well as order buying.