Wyatt Bechtel

Wyatt Bechtel is associate editor for Beef Today and Dairy Today.

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The beef cattle herd could expand in 2016.
An increasing amount of consumers want to know more about their food and are looking for local products. Beef producers have started to catch onto that trend and are seeing success in starting their own branded beef programs.
As tobacco demand continues to fall, beef production has become more important to the Bluegrass State.
A couple of top SEC football teams got a boost to their protein intake this preseason thanks to their local cattlemen’s association feeding them beef.
A Chinese billionaire purchased two cattle stations beside the Northern Territory-Queensland border in Australia for $34.62 million.
U.S. beef hasn’t been traded to the European Union for more than two decades and the quality of beef isn’t quite up to snuff.
Cattle transportation is a costly endeavor. Adding an ocean into the mix makes the process even trickier for Hawaii beef producers.
Beef fueled runners yesterday during the 2015 Boston Marathon.
Whether its from the back of a horse, in the cab of the feedtruck or chute side during branding, America’s beef producers captured some of the best moments of the year on Instagram.
Red meat is being threatened by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for removal from the center of the plate. Now the beef industry is firing back with a social media campaign called #BeefsOnMyPlate.