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It’s Really Not a “Rape Rack”

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It’s Really Not a “Rape Rack”

These cows voluntarily come to the “feed rack” (a real term we use). A lot goes on while the cow’s are at the feed rack. The stanchion can be set to lock around the cow’s neck so that she cannot walk away, but most of the day the cows are free to come and go as they wish. The cows in this photo are locked in the stanchions, yet they are still completely comfortable. They are locked for about an hour every morning so that we can come through and clean the beds, sort the cattle that need to be moved to a different pen, and artificially inseminate the cattle that are in estrus. Yes, cows are artificially inseminated at the feed rack.

More Vitamin D, Lower Risk of Severe COVID-19?

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More Vitamin D, Lower Risk of Severe COVID-19?

Could having a healthy blood level of vitamin D help you avoid the intensive care unit and death if you become infected with COVID-19?

More research suggests that the “sunshine vitamin” may play a role in how severe your case may be.

While the studies don’t prove cause and effect, “these studies support the notion that vitamin D might be protective against COVID complications," says Vadim Backman, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering and medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago. He researched the link between vitamin D deficiency and differences in death rates in different countries.

So I guess drinking all that milk is a good thing.

The Best Cranberries Float To The Top | FFA SAE Edition | Tyler Gardner | Pittsville High School FFA

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OFI 931: The Best Cranberries Float To The Top | FFA SAE Edition | Tyler Gardner | Pittsville High School FFA

11/25/20 by Matt Brechwald

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/115730155
Episode: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/offincome/OFI_931__The_Best_Cranberries_Float_To_The_Top___FFA_SAE_Edition___Tyler_Gardner___Pittsville_High_School_FFA.mp3

SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING TYLER GARDNER! Imagine for a moment that you are the nation’s highest achiever in a very niche crop. What could you do with that? Well, Tyler Gardner, the 2020 National Proficiency Winner in fruit production is that person. Tyler has grown up on a cranberry farm in Pittsville, Wisconsin. This is the largest cranberry producing county in the largest cranberry producing state in the U.S., and Tyler is right in the middle of it. Gardner Cranberries has been referred to as “the biggest little guy” in cranberries. Tyler’s family has vertically integrated their portion of the cranberry business from the growing of the fruit to the production of the concentrate. For many years, Tyler has been working in every aspect of cranberry production. Today he finds himself at the University Of Wisconsin, River Falls, studying agriculture business in preparation for a career farming this interesting and timely fruit. Tyler wants to set off to work for one of the big players in agricultural industry after graduation and then find his way back to the family farm at some point in the future. All of Tyler’s efforts to this point have led him to national recognition, and it will be fun to see where this story goes.

This is a very interesting podcast. I learned a lot about cranberry farming which I really didn’t know much at all about.

Watching ‘The Most Dangerous Animals In The World’ – The Bronx Zoo in 1963 – Flashbak

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Watching ‘The Most Dangerous Animals In The World’ – The Bronx Zoo in 1963 – Flashbak

On June 8, 1963, the Illustrated London News ran the following story about an exhibition at the gorilla house at The Bronx Zoo in New York City. The exhibit told visitors:

“You are looking at the most dangerous animal in the world. It alone of all the animals that ever lived can exterminate (and has) entire species of animals. Now it has the power to wipe out all life on earth.”