LANSING — A popular source of nutrition for cattle is a potential site for transferring disease, according to a recent study. Salt blocks are potential transmitters of tuberculosis from cow to deer ...

A salt lick or mineral block is used to supplement much needed nutrients to the diets of livestock and even wildlife, such as deer. It’s like a good-for-you lollipop for animals, but in block form, ...

What exactly makes something qualify as a piece of art? For Whit Deschner, nothing is out of the question, especially if it’s a well-licked salt block. For the past 13 years, the retired fisherman ...

This weekend is your chance to take home a one-of-a-kind, tongue-sculpted piece of modern art from one of Oregon’s most unique charity fundraisers. The 15th annual Great Salt Lick Auction returns to ...

Buy a salt block at a feed store and you might be out $10. But after an animal has licked it? Why, then it becomes modern art. Salt blocks – those 50-pound cubes of salt offered to livestock and ...

A new study has cattle farmers doing more to prevent their animals from getting bovine tuberculosis. A study conducted by the MSU diagnostic clinic found that TB organisms can survive on salt blocks, ...

This Saturday, the annual Great Salt Lick auction and contest will take place in Baker City in Eastern Oregon. Whit Deschner, a retired commercial fisherman, poet and photographer, created the event ...