An interview with Doug Parrett / Doug Parrett ; Mark R. DePue, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview with Doug Parrett / Doug Parrett ; Mark R. DePue, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview of Doug Parrett conducted by Mark DePue for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. This interview covers growing up on the farm in east central Illinois; Mahomet, Ill.; University of Illinois College of Agriculture; beef cattle industry, growth, trends, and management; cattle genetics; cattle judging; sheep judging; hog judging; University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; Department of Animal Sciences; future of the American family farm; obtaining grants for research; Grow Safe cattle feed monitoring system; bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Mad Cow disease); animal cloning; and transgenic manipulations.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dept. of Animal Sciences.

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Illinois State Museum

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Agriculture

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Parrett, Douglas Frederick, 1951-

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Born on June 22, 1951 in Champaign, Ill. and grew up on his father's farm in rural Champaign County, near Mahomet. His father's farm was a typical 710 acre farm (230 acres of which he owned) of the 1950s and 1960s, raising cattle and hogs with most land in corn and soybeans. Doug's interest in farming, and especially in cattle and livestock, grew over the years. He also became active in cattle judging competitions. He studied agriculture at the University of Illinois with the intent to return to...