To hear Sen. Cory Booker tell it, the Farm Systems Reform Act would “create a level playing field for independent family farmers” and “transform the broken system built by multi-national meatpacking companies.”

Producers may not know they have an anaplasmosis problem until they see dead cows or bulls older than 2-years of age. The disease can be devastating because it targets the older stock.

Chr. Hansen puts a new product into the US market, BovacillusTM, consisting of two strains of different species of Bacilli.

The Product Quality Research program includes the study of beef quality, muscle traits and characterization, carcass traits, muscle tenderness and yield, flavor and palatability, and new technologies.

USDA’s semi-annual Cattle Inventory report on Friday confirms the U.S. inventories of beef cows, replacement heifers, feeder cattle and calf supplies are declining. The ongoing drought will accelerate the trend.

This summer’s hot, dry weather is increasing the risk of fire in the hay fields. Producers are reminded to provide proper maintenance and regularly inspect the equipment.