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cattle Large, ruminant mammals of the family Bovidae, including all the varieties of modern domestic cattle (Bos taurus), the brahman (Bos indicus) and hybrids of these two. The family also includes the
yak, the wild
gaur, the wild banteng and the kouprey. Different terms are used to indicate the sex and age of domestic cattle. The male is born as a bull calf and becomes a bull if left intact; if castrated, it becomes a steer, bullock or ox if used as a draught animal. The female is a heifer calf, growing to become a heifer and, after calving, a cow. In Hinduism, the cow is sacred. Horns, sometimes appearing only on the male, are permanent, hollow and unbranched. Domestic cattle are raised for meat, milk and other dairy products. Leather, glue, gelatin and fertilizer are made from the carcass.
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'Cattle business is good, good, good' says one producer: Lucedale Stockyard co-op sets record with largest marketing day in its history.(Lucedale Livestock Producers Stockyard)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 5/30/2005; ; 700+ words
; Moseley Mallette, who has been a cattle producer in Vancleave since 1959, says he has never seen the cattle market as good as it is today. That is...of $1.7 million on April 27. "The cattle business is good, good, good--the...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Kansas Cattle Investors Bemoan Prevention of Federal Feedlot Regulation.
Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 6/17/2002; 700+ words
; ...Kansas farm town, the Solomon Valley cattle feedlot operates without fame. There...government regulators. It was a ruling that cattle investors have reason to bemoan. The...that it be bonded. Now, some in the cattle industry wonder if that lack of regulation...
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Cattle in the Cotton Fields: A History of Cattle Raising in Alabama
Magazine article from: Business History Review; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Cattle in the Cotton Fields: A History of Cattle Raising in Alabama. By Brooks Blevins. Tuscaloosa: University...ISBN 0-8173-0940-3. Reviewed by Charles S. Aiken Cattle have played a significant role in the economy of the South...
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Cattle feeder suit charges packers in price deception.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 7/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; A group of three cattle feeders filed a lawsuit July 1 in a court...Stockyards Act (PSA) in basing bids for cattle last year on price reports the packers...actual prices, and while packers knew cattle feeders were dependent on the public...
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Cattle Industry Groups Appeal to U.S. Senate over Low Prices.
Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 6/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...persistently low prices, 28 organizations in the cattle industry called Tuesday for an immediate...local and county groups and four other cattle-industry organizations said an investigation...that would change the beef industry. Cattle prices are 10 percent to 15 percent below...
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Cattle dispute continues: USDA: Animals came directly from Canada; S.D. livestock producer disagrees.
Newspaper article from: American News (Aberdeen, SD); 2/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Scott Waltman Feb. 1--Canadian cattle at a Swift packing plant in Nebraska were...determined. Federal law requires Canadian cattle to be shipped only in sealed trucks to...Dakota cattleman involved believes some cattle he bought at livestock auctions in the...
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Cattle outlook is one of history.(Livestock/Poultry)
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 7/16/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the lengthiest liquidation in history, cattle producers started rebuilding cow herds...said. "We've really truncated the cattle cycle," said Jim Robb at the Livestock...are lower prices for calves, stocker cattle and feeder cattle as feedlots are bidding...
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Cattle cycle skids to a stop.(Livestock/Poultry)
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 7/30/2007; ; 700+ words
; At A Glance * Corn costs, drought throw cattle herd into liquidation. * Feeder and fed supply...weight situations to create demand issue. * Cattle trade too slowly to establish prices SOME cattle cycle. The midyear cattle inventory report...
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Cattle outlook: everyone struggles.(Livestock/Poultry)
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 2/4/2008; ; 700+ words
; CATTLE did not trade in enough numbers to establish...lighter weights and higher beef cutouts gave cattle feeders resolve to hold out for higher prices, according to Feedstuffs sources. Cattle moved the week before at $88-90/cwt...
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Cattle markets respond to U.S. border 'violence'.
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 3/28/2005; ; 700+ words
; SUMMERSVILLE, W.VA. -- Cattle were unchanged to down $2 at midweek last week as cattle markets continued to struggle with cyclically...illogical and unscientific agenda to keep Canadian cattle out of the U.S. Packers and retailers had...
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Cattle Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
CATTLE INDUSTRY Cattle have been domesticated for thousands of years. Since approximately 4000 b.c. cattle have been utilized for their meat, blood, milk, and skin, and have...
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Cattle Drives
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
CATTLE DRIVES Cattle drives moved large herds of livestock to market, to shipping points...during European colonization. As early as 1540, Spaniards established a cattle industry and began driving herds northward from central Mexico, as...
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Cattle
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CATTLE CATTLE arrived in Florida before 1600 with early Spanish settlers. A shipment in 1611 initiated cattle raising in Virginia; the Pilgrims began with a few of the Devonshire breed...
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SIC 0211 Beef Cattle Feedlots
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 0211 BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOTS This classification covers establishments...primarily engaged in the fattening of beef cattle in a confined area for a period of at...breeding, raising, or grazing of beef cattle are classified in SIC 0212: Beef Cattle...
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SIC 0212 Beef Cattle Except Feedlots
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 0212 BEEF CATTLE EXCEPT FEEDLOTS This classification covers...engaged in the production or feeding of beef cattle, except feedlots. Establishments primarily engaged in raising dairy cattle are classified in SIC 0241: Dairy Farms...
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