Sara Brown

The Livestock Today blog is your place to learn the latest production news for the livestock industry. Whether on the road or in the office, Sara Brown writes about all issues important to livestock producers.

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Ron Gill demonstrates challenges and skills in moving cattle.
Industry
Stockmanship and Stewardship event in Ames, June 28-29
Cattle producers should make plans to visit Ames, Iowa, for the Midwest Summer Stockmanship & Stewardship experience on June 28-29, 2019.
September 22, 2022 12:29 AM
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Industry
NCBA’s Kendal Frazier On What’s Next for the Beef Industry
If you don’t reflect on the lessons you’ve learned before you move forward, you risk repeating mistakes. That’s wisdom well-earned in the beef industry, and one NCBA’s Kendal Frazier is wise to pass on.
September 22, 2022 12:29 AM
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Markets
Is Traceability Now A Cost of Doing Business For Cattlemen?
Traceability in the food animal industry is more than negating disease risk—consumers are demanding more information about their food.
September 22, 2022 12:29 AM
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Industry
“Great News” & “Missed Opportunity” in U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Industry groups react to details of a new United States-Mexico-Canada (USMC) Agreement with Canada and Mexico.
September 22, 2022 12:29 AM
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Industry
Gregory Hanes Named Cattlemen’s Beef Board CEO
The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board (CBB) has named Gregory Hanes, formerly with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, as their new CEO.
September 22, 2022 12:29 AM
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Profit Tracker
Beef Profit Margins: Everyone Wins
There are few losers in the cattle market right now. From packers all the way down to cow-calf producers, current prices this summer are turning profits far into what is typically a seasonal lull.
September 21, 2022 11:55 PM
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“Excessive populations deplete scarce food and water resources on the arid rangelands, leading to starvation and dehydration of the horses and burros,” Ethan Lane, NCBA and PLC, told members of the Senate’s Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining.
Ag Policy
Public Lands Council To Congress: Federal Wild Horse Control Critical
The current system of managing wild horses and burros on public lands “has been crippled to the point of catastrophic failure,” said Ethan Lane, NCBA & Public Lands Council to congressional leaders.
September 06, 2022 01:04 PM
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Keith Blinson, a farmer from Lenoir, N.C., needed a way to keep his electric fence from kinking. Read below his solution.
News
The Best Farmer Ideas From Cattle Producers, Continued
See more of the best ideas from our media partner Farm Journal’s $100 Ideas contest.
November 19, 2020 11:49 PM
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Robert Stephens, a farmer from Abilene, Texas, made attaching a post hole digger to his tractor a one-man job. See how he did it below.
News
The Best Farmer Ideas From Cattle Producers
The best ideas for the farm are often born out of necessity. We’ve rounded up the best ideas from cattle producers from our media partner Farm Journal’s $100 Ideas contest.
November 19, 2020 11:49 PM
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News
Woodall: We Take Trump’s Trade Threats Seriously
Workable free trade relationships are critical to U.S. cattle producers.
November 19, 2020 11:49 PM
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