Ozarks Farm & Neighbor Newspaper – written for, by & about farmers

Let’s continue about lameness. Two topics we have not covered are white line disease and cork screw toes. White line disease is started with instability of the third phalanx or coffin bone in the toe. This is caused by many factors, including laminitis or founder. This laminitis is a separation of the insensitive lamina and sensitive lamina. The line between this lamina is called the white line. As we separate these two, a small space is allowed and dirt and debris get trapped causing an abscess. Most generally this is a mixed infection with a lot of fungus and/or yeast.

Name:  Kylee Sigmon
Family:  Parents Mike and Lisa Sigmon, brother, Logan
Groups:  North Polo Pioneers 4-H Club, Carroll County 4-H Beef Club, Arkansas Junior Cattlemen’s Association, Arkansas Junior Simmental Association, American Junior Simmental Association

Name:  Tiffany Jordan

Stilwell Livestock Auction

Owners:  Danny and Elizabeth Isaacs

Location:  Stilwell, Okla.

I just got back from a trip to Ghana, Africa. It was a service trip of sorts, I worked at two schools, one in Accra, Ghana’s capital city, and the other in Kumasi. Ghana is the better of most African countries, it is safe, with a stable government allowing its citizens to make their way selling fruits and vegetables, eggs and fish, or an assortment of imported prepackaged items of all shapes, sizes and colors. Agriculture is a vital part of the economy of Ghana, and I witnessed this on the large scale – in the marketplaces and roadside vendors aplenty – as well as in one beautiful, yet small, example of self-sustainability.

There was something casual about Tyson Foods back when I joined them in 1963. We all wore khaki. My boss back then, Bill Martin explained that farmers were uncomfortable around folks in ties and suits. Since they were the core of our business, providing the housing and labor for the birds, it was a good idea. Don and John even wore tan outfits, (I understand Don still does).  They had our name on them so folks would know who we were. Tyson  called us servicemen, and we were a big part of the company’s management – about all of us were college graduates.