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First “Pink Slime,” now Zilmax

Just when you thought mass-produced beef couldn’t get less appetizing (remember the “pink slime” hamburger controversy?), along comes Zilmax, a new growth drug being fed to feedlot cattle across the country.  According to author Christopher Leonard, Zilmax was originally developed to treat asthma in humans.  In feedlot-raised cattle, it produces faster muscle growth…and more profits.  […]

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Cows have hang-ups too

From June, 2012 Cows are more athletic than most people think.  They are also usually pretty sensible.  But every once in a while they do something really weird. This is number 601, veteran of five calving seasons, steady mama, six years in the herd without incident. Until last Tuesday. We had just finished separating cows […]

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Why Help Ranchers Improve Our Watershed?

In response to an article by Bobby Magill in the Ft. Collins Coloradoan about a new “Ecosystem Services” Conservation Effort in Larimer County, one reader questioned whether city dwellers should contribute funds to help farmers and ranchers reduce nutrient or sediment pollution that flows from their lands into the watershed.  Shouldn’t there be regulations that […]

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