A Year After Mad Cow, Ranchers Rejoice
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Sergio Madrigal watched in despair as federal officials hauled away his 449 calves to be killed after the nation's first case of mad cow disease was discovered in a nearby dairy cow. A year later, Madrigal looks out at his rebuilt herd and smiles &#151; just one of many signs that American ranchers suffered few long-term ill effects from the cow that ruined Christmas 2003.
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By John Dobberstein, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 6--Oklahoma will get about $6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help cattle ranchers hurt by this year's drought.
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Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD).
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba  - A final laboratory test has  confirmed an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second  case Canada has found in its herd, an industry source briefed  by veterinary officials said on Sunday.
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Cattle peer through a fence at a ranch near Mabton, Wash., Jan. 12, 2004, after a Canadian cow living at this ranch became the first cow in the US to have a confirmed case of mad cow disease in Dec. 2003.
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By Christopher Michel, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 4--The days when almost everyone had milk delivered to their door may be a dim memory, but two dairies in the Buffalo Niagara region are keeping the service alive.
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Scientists develop a technique they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD) in humans.
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Washington - The US Department of Agriculture has approved a regulation that allows Canadian ranchers to resume exports of live cattle and more cuts of beef, although there is no date for when that will happen.
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Meat industry leaders are taking a &quot;wait and see&quot; approach to news that a case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States.
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Photo taken in January 2004 shows steers at a farm in Madison County in Iowa, the United States. A second case of mad cow disease may have occurred in the US, Agriculture Department officials said on Nov. 18, 2004.
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CALGARY (CP) - Alberta's premier and the cattle industry believe it's time to look at a cull of older animals to restore international confidence in Canadian beef after two cows tested positive for mad cow disease in the last 10 days.
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Benny Montague has raised cattle in West Texas for 35 years and believes he knows what is best for the nation's beef industry.
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Japan marked a one-year ban Friday on U.S. beef imports over mad cow fears with little indication of repealing the measure, which has closed a billion-dollar market to American beef producers and ravaged Japanese restaurateurs.
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For many old-time horses the Dallas and Fort Worth conurbation used to be the start of a great journey, driving great herds of cattle from the stockyards north through Texas to the beef-starved states beyond.
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By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Mar. 11--LYTLE CREEK -- It still takes some luck or knowledge to sight bighorn sheep in the San Gabriel Mountains, but the chances of spotting one have grown.
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By Monique Curet, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 10--Sylvia Zimmerman is unabashedly fond of her dairy cows, singing out, "Hi, girls, hi, girls," to the animals as she motors past them in a cart.  "A cow is such a marvelous creature," says Zimmerman, who farms in Delaware County.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Bob Rawlins raises his cattle and cultivates his crops far away from where a battle over the state's water supply could break out next year, but he knows the fallout could affect him and fellow farmers far into the future.