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Wednesday, October 1, 2003  Good Afternoon! Senators Call For End To Butter Sale   WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators told the government Monday that it's threatening the dairy industry by planning to go to market with a mountain of butter rather than give it away to organizations that feed the hungry. The Agriculture Department's dilemma is to deal with 11 million pounds of butter amassed over the years under the government's price-support programs. Led by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., 16 senators sent Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman a letter urging against a sale. "The timing of your department's decision to release...

U.K. air power imperiled by Welsh cows By Peter Almond From the International Desk Published 3/19/2003 10:16 AM LONDON, March 19 (UPI) -- Plans for a dramatic new role for Britain's Royal Air Force on Day One of the war against Iraq are in question because a Welsh farmer worried about his cows has forced cancellation of a test of the new Storm Shadow bunker-busting cruise missile. Ministry of Defense officials said cancellation of the test at the Pendine Sands range in Carmarthenshire, Wales, last week will not stop Tornado pilots from using the missile if they really need to,...

DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office that put a tax on your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money, buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous. Barbara Streisand sings for you. SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow. REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's a desert rancher's dream: cattle that thrive on dry grass, bask in the hot sun and still make a good steak at the end of the day. Cattle geneticist Milton Thomas has been trying for years to develop such a cow, working with his students at New Mexico State University on a new desert-adapted bloodline. The new bloodline, called NMSU Line 1 Brangus, could become a centerpiece of the cattle industry in the southwestern United States and countries like Mexico, Argentina, Australia and Africa where hot,...

<p>COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Gray Davis began a two-day swing through the state's rural reaches to rally farmworkers and voters in the southern deserts and coastal farmlands.</p> <p>The statewide tour is part of two busy final weeks of campaigning for Davis and GOP challenger Bill Simon, who spent Sunday lunching with Central Coast Republicans and seeking support in San Jose, the heart of high-tech Silicon Valley.</p>

Cows have been turned into walking advertising hoardings in Switzerland. Company logos and slogans are being painted on to cow's bodies before the animals are released back on to Swiss pastures as part of a brand name marketing campaign. Frank Baumann, who is head of the Cow Placard Company, says he hopes the idea will "help boost the rural economy". The company is offering advertisers the chance to have a logo or slogan painted onto a cow's side using car paints. But the move has been criticised by animal rights groups who say Baumann is simply looking for the publicity...

<p>Daisy Mae can't go to school.</p> <p>At least not without her missing backpack, so Daisy, a 400-pound concrete yard cow, is dropping out of school, said Nancy Martz, co-owner of the black-and-white cow gracing the yard of her Greensburg home.</p>

Afghan men fight to hold a headless calf in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 29, 2002, during a buzkashi game between the teams of Panjshir and Parwan provinces. Buzkashi is a sport in which horseriders try to carry the beheaded body of an animal around a flag and into a circle. The game was banned during Taliban rule in Afghanistan, but has come back since the new interim government took office in December 2001. On Monday, Defense Minister Qasim Fahim presided over this game marking the 10th anniversaryof the end of communist rule. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)