Rustlers Get 11 Head of Cattle
The Wisconsin State Journal – By George Hesselberg
Prize cows and heifers were rustled from the Larry and Carrie Stluka farm in rural Wauzeka the night before deer hunting started on November17, according to Crawford County Sheriff 's Department reports.
Stluka said the livestock, two cows and nine heifers, all Maine-Anjou shorthorn crosses and all pregnant, are worth thousands of dollars. The prize of the missing 11 is probably a 5-year-old cow named Sugar, all black with a little white at her navel, he said.
The 11 cows were taken from the farm 's cattle yard, which held about 25 head of cattle at the time, Stluka said. The thieves demolished the yard 's fence and chased the livestock. Read more on MyCattle.com.
Cattle Ranchers Prepare For Another Dry Winter
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News – By Carol Reiter
For 20 years, Merced Angus cattle breeder Steve Obad has pored over breeding records and kept track of weight gains of his best-producing cows. He has built a reputation as a breeder to go to when somebody needs a good range bull.
But Obad has taken some of his best bulls this year, the bulls whose pedigrees read like a Who's Who of Angus cattle, and has turned them into steers. All because of the weather.
Obad and other cattle and crop growers have been anxiously watching the dry skies of California this autumn, hoping that rain, and especially snow in the mountains, comes through. Last year's drought hit growers hard, and this year, with scant rainfall so far, local farmers are starting to take action to keep from losing their shirts – and maybe even jeans.
"If we don't have rain for next year and I don't have pasture, I'm not sure I'll be able to stay in business," said Obad. Read more on MyCattle.com.
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