Cattle that can't walk to slaughter on their own are deemed "downer cows" because they may be sick. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Sunday in a statement that the recall was prompted ...

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His happiest times came when he stayed with his maternal grandparents. “Home” was with his grandparents (“Mamaw” – pronounced ma’am-aw – and “Papaw” (Bonnie Blanton and Jim Vance) in Jackson, Kentucky ...

We have been concerned about downer cows. We have advocated for a no-downer policy, and we think that is a sensible policy from an animal care perspective as well as from the beef industry’s ...

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Guerilla videos of downer cows at four auction markets in Maryland, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Texas released last month gave the industry its second black eye, following the Westland/Hallmark video ...

Cow footing was one of the driving forces in the switch. “Alley floors can get slippery with shavings, especially in the fall,” Diederich says. “We always had some injured and downer cows, though we ...