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Suspected vigilantes on Saturday killed a Muslim man transporting two cows in India, just 15 months after a similar attack spotlighted the growing influence of pro-Hindu fringe groups. Many Hindus regard the cow as sacred, but India’s Muslim minority engages in the trade of cattle for slaughter and consumption, chiefly of buffalo meat, as well as dairy purposes. Police in the northwestern state of Rajasthan said a group of five to seven people surrounded the man, identified only as Akbar, as he led the cows to his village in the nearby state of Haryana and thrashed him to death on...

...Corn is leading the grains complex this morning as traders anticipate a bullish release from the USDA tomorrow morning. Corn tends to draw strength from gains in crude oil as that tends to support ethanol prices. If corn closes above $6.30 and wheat closes above $8.10, watch out! Beef and now pork prices are climbing sharply at the wholesale level pushing the price of cattle into record territory for some contracts. Look for a resurgence in cattle rustling ( I am serious about this). Many of the commodity charts are showing prices just below recent highs. A push past those...

Sheriff’s Department Uses DNA Evidence to Solve Cattle Theft 10/22/2007 (courtesy Coleman County Attorney's Office) Old fashioned cattle theft has met up with technology and the result is an arrest and conviction. According to Heath Hemphill, Coleman County Attorney, on May 24, 2007, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Rhodes of Midland, Texas reported three calves, weighing approximately 300 lbs., to be missing from their property located in Coleman County. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes reside in Midland but own and operate approximately 500 acres in Coleman County near County Roads 130 and 119. The case was assigned to Deputy Vickie Plummer...