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Ranchers selling off cattle to avoid drought loss
Ranchers in western Colorado are selling off cattle to avoid losing them to a severe drought. Livestock auctioneer Bill Martin of Loma says his auction barn usually sees between 200 and 400 cows a week, but this year the numbers have sometimes nearly quadrupled. Martin says the spike in animal sales is [...]
Fewer students are entering school to become large-animal veterinarians, resulting in a growing shortage among those on the front lines in protecting the nation’s food supply. Part of the problem is that treating large animals — beef or dairy cattle, horses, lamas, bison — is hard work with odd hours and, unless it is a [...]
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