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The Dexter is an Irish breed of small cattle. [6] It originated in the eighteenth century in County Kerry , in south-western Ireland, and appears to be named after a man named Dexter, who was factor of the estates of Lord Hawarden on Valentia Island .
Of all the cattle ever landed at Deptford market, the largest proportion came from the U.S.A. [85] The practice started in 1878 when American cattle and pigs were "scheduled" for port slaughter. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] By 1913, when Deptford closed, 3,144,400 American cattle had been landed there, besides sheep and pigs.
Isidore of Seville (560–636) distinguished between "cattle", a term for animals that had been domesticated, and "beasts" or wild animals, as did Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274). [17] The English jurist William Blackstone (1723–1780) wrote of domesticated animals, in Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769):
The rising price of U.S.-produced meat, from cattle like those pictured here, comes after a long down slide and has been prompted in part by a classic case of supply and demand.
Live cattle is a type of futures contract that can be used to hedge and to speculate on fed cattle prices. Cattle producers, feedlot operators, and merchant exporters can hedge future selling prices for cattle through trading live cattle futures, and such trading is a common part of a producer's price risk management program. [1]
An American breeder, Richard Gradwohl, has developed eighteen different strains of miniature cattle. [3] Miniature Galloway, Hereford and Holstein have been bred. [2]: 245 [3] In the United States, small zebuine cattle deriving from stock imported from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Sweden may be registered as "Miniature Zebu"; [2]: 245 Similar cattle are known as "Nadudana" in Australia. [14]
A Massachusetts man killed his elderly roommate on Thanksgiving for standing “too close” to the holiday spread because he “often sneezes,” according to reports.
M&LA releases this indicator in conjunction with data analysis regarding its movement and market conditions, which is also conducted by M&LA. [112] [120] The EYCI aims to inform market commentary in the Australian meat market and provides producers with an indication of current market prices. [121] [122] [123] [124]