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Agriculture
5:36 pm
Wed July 18, 2012

Heat stress? Now there's a cow app for that

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The Thermal Aid mobile app, on an iPhone.
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Research assistant, Brad Scharf (left), gives the 4h youths a tour of MU's South Farm.
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One of the 4h youths taking the respiration rate from a cow at MU's South Farm.
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Herd manager Chris Heins with his cows.
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At Heins Family Farm, sand bedding provides a comfortable, cool surface for cattle to rest.
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Jessie Fowler (left) and Kendra Stinson test Thermal Aid on an iPhone.
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When a cow is stressed from the heat, it affects a producer’s bottom line. The animal eats less, meaning less mass in beef cattle. For dairy farmers, the hurt comes in the form of a 10 to 20 percent loss in milk. Researchers at the University of Missouri think we can change this trend by putting information in the hands of producers. They’ve built a tool that can detect the threat of heat stress in specific animals before it starts.

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Agriculture
5:15 pm
Wed July 18, 2012

Hoop barns becoming more common in Midwest

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Brent Bryant, managing director of Beef Hoop Systems, keeps cattle under a hoop barn at his company's research farm
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By Rick Fredericksen

Crops are not the only things wilting in the sweltering summer of 2012; cattle, the largest animals, on the farm are also under stress.

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11:26 am
Tue June 19, 2012

Escaped steer shot and killed on East campus lot

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The Columbia Tribune reported this morning that a large and confused steer was loose in Columbia's East Campus. The 1300 pound Angus steer was apparently a privately owned animal that escaped while being transported for slaughter at MU's facilities. One person was injured, and two police vehicles were damaged. Video of the steer on it's morning run here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUkS7r4Oe8I&feature=player_embedded
A bull that was on the loose in the East Campus neighborhood Tuesday morning was euthanized after a person was injured trying to capture it. Capt. Brian Weimer of the University of Missouri Police Department said he is unsure how the animal became free and the department is investigating.
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Politics
5:31 pm
Wed January 25, 2012

Big trucks on small roads

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MoDOT engineers worry that heavier trucks would spell rutted roads in rural Missouri.
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Cattlemen in Missouri are backing a bill in the House that would increase weight limits for hauling livestock on the state's highways. But department of transportation engineers worry heavier trucks would damage already-strained rural roads.

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