I want to raise calfs from weaned to slaughter size and looking for information on this.  Can any one help?
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Check the web for FFA web sited... that is the Future Farmers of America association.  They raise animals from birth to sales... for the money to help pay for their college tuition/costs.
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Check out the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Assn) or the AAEP (American Assn of Equine Practitioners) websites.  Both organizations support continuing horse slaughter.  Good for you and your daughter for looking at both sides of this complex and highly emotional issue.  Good Luck!!
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Im a vegetarian and a chemist, and your absolutely right you are killing in both cases. Its not that I am entirely against eating animals, its that I am against our farming system. Its a really deep issue, if you want more information message me but for now I think this cartoon (link below) will give you the basics into understanding the lies behind how we get our meat. There are many angles to this issue. As far as health goes it has been shown that 90% of heart problems are related to over meat consumption. Its been my conclusions that meat eating can be done right by ethical private farming but this is not the case. Animals are tortured, and worse for you... they are injected with not so good things and grown in their own feces - increasing chances of illness for you. Ever since I became vegetarian I have felt energetic, and I have never been sick! \n\nIts also been hypothosized by some vegetarians that meat eating is destroying the world and actually contributing to food shortages. Its a complex issue, but suffice it to say that raising a cow takes much more energy, money, land, and other resources than growing equal levels of nutrition in plant life. The waste generated by animals is large.\n\n    So to summarize,\n \n     - some feel that it is unethical to eat animals, granted. \n\n     - But just because you dont agree with that doesnt mean that there is not good reason to be vegetarian for the sake of the enviornment, economy, your health, the torture of animals, .... I can go on forever.\n\nI hope this helps, and I only wrote this to educate you. My father almost died from his over meat consumption. And its an atrocity what this is doing to the world. You should check out the PETA website - very educational and reason based nowadays.\n\nhttp://www.themeatrix.com/
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Well,\nDo you think slaughtering a cow is abuse?\nOr cutting a chickens head off to butcher it?\nOr sticking a sharp hook through a fish, then chopping it's head off. \nOr throwing a live lobster into a pot of boiling water.\nUnless you are a Vegan, its all abuse, right? \nIf you eat animals, what dif does it make which one you are "abusing"? \nAlligator tail is the healthiest meat you can eat.\nHow about all the gators in Fl eating humans and puppies, is that abuse?  Makes you go  HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
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It varies on the state.  In TX having X number of cattle with X number born each year qualifies, as does a list of other items.  Tell us the state and we can try and help.
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get a cow and find out
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I can't stop laughing at the word moobs...what was the question\nOh yes, change your diet, you can sit up, crunch till the cows come home...but until you change the diet the cows will remain in the moob zone.
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all countries, whether japan, US, chile, argentina, germany or wherever, have an office of agriculture...under that office i think is the livestock division...that probably the best place to ask information about breeding pigs and goats. you didnt mention from what country you come from... but if you live in a highly urbanized city, its a no-no to breed it in your house...haha...good luck on your breeding!
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http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/g101ilec/samer/smd/smphys/smdphyfr.htm\nhttp://www.dowslane.org/animal.htm\n\nIf these web sites don't help just email me and I will try to find you something different.
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Try joining PETA.com.  That's a good place to start.
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First things first.  How was this animal harvested?  Gun or bow?  If by gun then you score it using the Boone and Crockett method.  If by bow, use the Pope and Young method.
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My uncle had the same problem with wolves and coyotes and whatnot screwing with his cows, he invest in electric fencing around the area where the cattle were kept. Around the field he set up Wire fencing with lines every 8 1/2 inches or so up to 5 feet tall. He says it works very well and keeps the cattle from trying to knock over the pre-existing fences which were just wooden posts and regular wire fencing. So it's a good investment to protect the cattle, or in your case horses, and it all serves as a good boundary line. Also i have heard of people installing motion sensor lights, to scare away the animals, around different areas of the field perimeter, not very costly as you can just put up a wooden post and run a light from the top. You can use car batteries to power them. Sounds like a good idea, but i don't know of anyone personally that has ever done it, and I'm not sure about the car battery thing. Shouldn't be too hard to find a power source if you really wanted to. in the long run it would be nice anyway. The power line thing may be a little expensive, but as much as horses cost it would be worth it, depending on the size of your pen or field or whatever you keep them in. You could just lock them in a pen at night and do the wires around that. Good luck, hope this helped!!!!
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I raise cattle, and this is a myth. In fact I had a calf born one morning when it was 20 below zero. The entire barn was frosted white along with the calf, and it survived. As long as cows have shelter, food, and water they can survive in very cold temperatures.
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HMMM, why is it that when some one asks a question, the mob throws their 2 cents in... BUT DOESN'T ANSWER THE FREAKIN QUESTION!!!!!\n\nTo make things short, go to this web site.\n\nhttp://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html\n\nAs far as the farming end of things, this is not the age in which to start small farming opporations. The Ag sector is run by the big boys now adays.\n\nIf you realy want a start in on it. Try and talk to local resteraunt owners about taking their used grease off theirs hands. They have to pay about $5 a gallon for it, and then on top of that pay some one else to get rid of it. See if they'll just let you have some for free. Most resteraunts won't mind.\n\nOne warning, the grease... IS NASTY AS HELL!. Go to a farm suplly store and buy a hand pump. The grease will have a lot of crap and debris in it, so it will need to filtered and cleaned up before it can be made in to fule. \n\nThe link I gave you should have all the info you need. \n\n\nOne more thing, for everyone else. Soybean (VEGETABLE) Oil is for fule. NOT FOR EATING!
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go look at the link I provided.  it has lots of good info.
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Reports From USDA Agricultural Marketing Service\nhttp://beef.unl.edu/agReportsTables.shtml?tn=Live\n\nAll reports are updated daily, unless otherwise noted.
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feed , water, clean areas where they are kept, bedding, let them in and out, inspect them for sores or parasites, feet trimmed, medical, land management ,records-breeding, sales, costs, buying(including things for the barn-hay,straw,tools,\n The list is endless from those things than-milking,testing,production, vendors,equipment,ect ect. \n\nA book would help you a lot.\n\nIt can be done-start small.