Farm & Ranch
Ranching Down Under
By Samantha Hall
Grown mainly along the Eastern Australian coastline stretching from Mossman in far North Queensland to Grafton in Northern New South Wales, sugar cane is one of Australia’s largest and most important rural industries.
Thirty-five million tons grown are annually producing 4.5 million tons of raw sugar, one million tons of molasses and 10 million tons of bagasse (the dry pulp residue left after the extraction of juice from sugar cane).
The sugar cane industry directly employs 16,000 people across the board for growing, harvesting, milling and transport of the cane.
Most of the roughly 4,400 sugarcane farms stretched across 380,000 hectares (a metric unit of square measure, equal to 2.471 acres) are owned by sole proprietors or are in family partnerships. Sugarcane is grown by a farmer replanting part of a mature cane stalk (about 40cm long).
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By Tressa Lawrence
Ranchers across northeast Wyoming and the surrounding areas saw record moisture levels in 2023. The year 2024 has seen significantly less moisture to date.
By Lindsey Monk
People are finishing up brandings. Here, Danny Walter is shown getting it done.
By Barry Whitworth, DVM
On July 6, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted in the Federal Register a proposal that radio frequency identification tags be used as official identification for cattle and bison. Following a period for public comment, the USDA APHIS released a statement on April 24, 2024, with the amended animal disease traceability (ADT) regulation for cattle and bison. The full press release may be found at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/aphis-bolsters-animal-disease-traceability-united-states. Under the new rule, cattle and bison will need to be identified with tags that are both visual and electronic.
The USDA defines ADT as knowing where diseased and at-risk animals are, where they have been, and when the animal disease event took place. A system that allows for efficient traceability of livestock in the United States is essential for animal health and reducing the economic effect of a foreign animal disease outbreak and other diseases on livestock producers as well as others whose well-being depends on livestock production.
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