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John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, says ag need to be “front and center” as the climate solution.
The Certified Angus Beef (CAB) brand is expanding to include grass-fed product, to “provide premium beef for every liking,” at select stores and restaurants.
The 2022 National Beef Quality Audit was released May 16 during a call with media. Data from the audit indicate a safe and high-quality product is consistently offered to today’s consumers.
Persistent drought in major beef cattle production regions continues to have a significant impact on the cattle industry despite improvements in drought conditions in other parts of the country.
After Tyson Foods reports anemic first quarter sales and downgrades its forecast, The Wall Street Journal editors wrote, “This doesn’t look like an antitrust conspiracy or market oligopoly.”
Packers increase their slaughter ahead of the first holiday weekend of the summer and the spread between North and South widens back to $6 per cwt.
Lone start tick bites can trigger a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction in some people after they eat red meat.
Calves enrolled in the OQBN Vac-45 Program attained an average market premium of $18.67/cwt in 2022 and an average of $13.06/cwt over the past 12 years, compared to similar nonpreconditioned calves.
The rise in dollar stores across rural America is no secret, but how are consumers using them to fulfill their food needs?
Drier than normal weather conditions likely have put replacement heifers a little behind schedule with regard to target weights and body condition. Reproductive Tract Scoring can help make replacement heifer decisions.
Negotiated cash cattle prices declined for the fourth consecutive week in the South but held steady in Northern trades.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld California’s new humane-pork law, rejecting an industry challenge in a ruling strengthening the power of states to impose rules that have a broad economic impact on other states.
When Mary Heffernan and her family left their city life behind to buy a ranch, she relied on her entrepreneurial drive to sustain their livelihood.
Increasingly, U.S. and global agriculture are rapidly adopting a system driven by government regulations. Such regulatory activity should concern us all.
A misinformation campaign is underway attacking NCBA and endangering the programs that generations of farmers and ranchers worked hard to establish.
The Supreme Court has denied a petition to review California’s Proposition 12, which requires the sale of meat products in California to conform with the state’s animal housing standards.
NPPC’s Michael Formica predicts Proposition 12 repercussions will be seen in California as early as this morning.
The Supreme Court of the United States announced on March 28 that it will take up the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation’s challenge to California’s Proposition 12.
“If California were to win this Supreme Court case, there’s nothing stopping the state from saying, for example, you can only sell corn in California if it’s harvested with an electric combine,” says Dillard.
Rep. Thompson signaled he wants to hear “commitment from everyone, including the president, that we will get this done and in the manner I’ve been speaking about. Bipartisan, bicameral, on time and highly effective.’”
A recent episode of The Angus Conversation explored bovine congestive heart failure.
Automakers, including Ford, recently announced they are planning to remove AM radio from their lineups. Joe Gill, National Association of Farm Broadcasters president, says this move poses a threat to public safety.
A broad view of recent carcass cutout values shows plenty of strength in wholesale boxed beef prices. To contrast current values to a year ago, CAB and commodity Choice cutouts are 14% higher.
USDA’s pasture and range conditions shows 33% is rated good/excellent and 37% is poor/very poor. While the picture is improved from last year, a deeper dive shows one state is worse than 2013.
Workshop training events for managers and employees of feedyards and related industries are scheduled for June in Kearney, Neb., and Garden City, Kan.
Now is the time to check for ergot, a toxic fungus which infects the surface of grasses and cereal crops and can cause severe illness in livestock such as cattle and horses.
Agtech startup MyAnIML™ announces a hardware update designed to support the implementation of its AI-enabled predictive health platform in commercial feedlot and dairy operations.
The Hadricks, both fifth-generation beef producers in South Dakota noticed a need for a small packing plant in their area to help not only themselves but also their rural community. The result? North Prairie Butchery.
Scientists at Clay Center, Neb., have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually.
USDA’s proposed rule change to the Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) framework has given rise to several recurring arguments which offer confusion and distraction.