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Sen. Josh Hawley introduces the Protecting Interstate Commerce for Livestock Producers Act to protect farmers from costly regulations – made in other states – that will hurt their business and drive-up consumer costs.
It was a seasonally quiet week in grocery store meat departments and up the distribution chain for turkeys and hams, reports Steiner Consulting Group in the Daily Livestock Report. Here’s a look at pork, turkey and beef.
A summary of 15 years shows how feedlot production continues to develop and reflect changes in cattle genetics and feeding technology and management.
Declining cattle futures prices continue to pressure cash prices. The cheaper inventories are working to pad the packer’s pocket as evidenced by a few plants operating on Saturdays.
While tighter cattle numbers and further declines in beef production will support higher prices, demand will increasingly become the critical market driver in 2024.
Corn silage is an excellent source of energy for cattle and replacing a portion of corn in cattle diets with silage should be a economical solution.
Market-ready cattle prices have rolled back $10 per cwt. since the end of October and average carcass weights have increased to all-time highs, a sign feedlots are not as current as previously expected.
In developing a protein supplementation strategy, it is important to consider what is the goal of feeding the protein supplement and that not all protein sources are equal.
Remote drug delivery devices to treat cattle are increasingly popular among producers, especially for use with cattle on pasture. Many veterinarians, however, continue to question whether such tools warrant use at all.
“We got fat and lazy,” Tyson Foods Inc.’s leader candidly shared about his company’s underperformance in an interview following the opening of Tyson’s new $300 million plant in Virginia, Bloomberg reported.
Low-stress cattle handling methods have been discussed and promoted for many years, but could implementing low-stress handling techniques influence animal performance and improve your bottom line?
In his Value Creation in Cell Ag class, Tufts senior Adham Ali was tasked to work with a group of peers to design a product using cellular agriculture (or cell ag for short) to make life easier for consumers.
Beef cows fed at dusk or later results in more daytime births. Research indicates that to achieve that benefit, feeding at night should be started at least one month prior to calving season.
The Meat Institute and the Protein PACT will highlight animal agriculture’s commitments and progress toward global goals at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai Nov. 30 through Dec. 12.
Even experienced producers can inadvertently overlook crucial principles during the preparation and administration of vaccines and other animal health products. Here’s a few considerations to note.
Lawyers representing the estates of Tyson workers who succumbed to COVID-19 complications during the 2020 pandemic are urging a reevaluation of a court decision that dismissed their legal actions.
What has more value to the profit potential of a commercial cow-calf operation that sells calves at weaning, percent calf crop weaned or weaning weight?
Genomic tests are a tool that can be used to create strategic marketing plans by taking a small ear tissue sample to compare genome traits of a calf to others in their breed.
Trust, credibility and authenticity are the three words that Don Schiefelbein came back to throughout this Casual Cattle Conversations podcast as he discussed the direction of the beef industry.
Rib and tenderloins are pricing near their annual highs, but a look at annual price trends across the beef carcass shows increasing contributions to CAB premiums from both ends of the carcass.
A trade dispute settlement panel set up under a major North American free trade agreement has rejected a U.S. complaint that Canada is improperly limiting access to its dairy market.
Liver abscesses in finished beef-cross cattle continue to frustrate feeders and packers. Severe liver abscesses negatively impact cattle performance in a number of ways.
There seems a belief that speculators – either too many or not quite enough – are solely responsible for driving the market one direction or another. But bashing speculators is what people do who don’t like the price.
Cattle feeding margins fell deeper into the red last week while packer margins improved modestly. Pork producer margins erode further underwater.
A strong seasonal increase in beef cow slaughter suggests further reduction in the overall beef cow inventory on Jan. 1, 2024.
In a positive development for the U.S. meat industry, China recently granted approval for 18 U.S. beef establishments and 12 U.S. pork establishments to export to China, the U.S. Meat Export Federation reports.
A team of Irish researchers has developed a breakthrough innovation to monitor activity and health characteristics of dairy cows – and it doesn’t involve and wires, chips, batteries, or electronics of any kind.
Young seedstock operators explain how they use social media to build their brand and connect with their customers.
Can you turn manure into a cow, chicken or fish? Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are looking to do just that, in a roundabout, circular economy, kind of way.
While it’s likely the U.S. cowherd is generally of higher quality than it was a decade ago, today’s smaller herd presents an opportunity for ranchers to take another step forward with quality and management.