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2013 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) recognizes Bradley 3 Ranch, Memphis, Texas, and Darnall Ranch, Harrisburg, Neb., as 2013 Seedstock and Commercial Producers of the Year.

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Scott George, a dairy and beef producer from Cody, Wyo., tells why.

Oklahoma auctioneers take top two spots in annual world contest in Montgomery, Ala.

Price, food safety and product quality are the most important factors the beef industry should focus on to increase beef demand.

National checkoff leaders this week approved a Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) budget of about $40.7 million for Fiscal 2014, reflecting a 5.6 percent decrease from the Fiscal 2013 amended budget, amid continued tight supplies and an expected slowing of cow slaughter.

Armyworms, which can strip pastures and hayfields bare as they march across the landscape, are showing up Missouri, near Joplin and eastward to Hermann and Montgomery City, says Wayne Bailey, MU entomologist.

“We are deeply disappointed with this short-sighted action by the USDA," says Scott George, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association president, after USDA's rule on mandatory country of origin labeling.

While the overall cattle inventory was down, placements were higher than expected.