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The pasture-to-table enterprise taps into a growing demand for high-quality, affordable, locally raised beef.
A University of Missouri beef economist’s outlook shows a $250 return per cow in the coming year. In the previous beef cycle, returns topped at under $100 per cow.
A steer that made a break for it while on the way to slaughter in North Dakota has been adopted by a Michigan farm animal sanctuary and spared from the butcher knife.
Officials in the central Iowa town of Tama are optimistic that an idle beef processing plant will reopen soon and add hundreds of jobs.
There are more cattle on feed in South Dakota now than last year.
Drought has had a widespread impact on all areas of the beef industry. To stay in business, water is the name of the game.
A bankruptcy judge has set a closing date for the sale of a failed South Dakota beef packing plant.
Michigan State University students, staff and the general public recently had the opportunity to learn from Temple Grandin.
The intensity of the global competition for red meat market share was brought home vividly for a dozen U.S. leaders of state and national agriculture organizations who recently completed a visit to the Middle East and Europe sponsored by USMEF.
If we plan to feed a projected world population of over 9 billion by 2050, keeping young people involved and excited about the beef industry is vital.
The challenge is the drug aids efficiency but raises incidences of death.
Tyson Foods has changed its plans and has decided to keep open its beef plant in Denison, Iowa.
Cattlemen are invited to attend a beef cow reproductive conference scheduled for March 25 at the SDSU Extension Regional Center in Mitchell, S.D.
Corbitt Wall gave the weekly USDA National Feeder Cattle Summary for the week ending March 14.
U.S. beef exports opened the new year on a positive note, but market conditions suggest that 2014 could be a challenging year, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by USMEF, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program.
English breeds have dominated the U.S. cowherd genetic base for many years, but a January 2014 online survey shows more detail.
New research into the use of beta agonists released this week raises concerns about the animal health and welfare of feedlot cattle.
How many times have you been grocery shopping or watching your favorite television program and you see and/or hear that organic is better? Or that you should be consuming all-natural? It can be confusing, overwhelming, and frustrating – who do you trust?
Many people are concerned about antibiotic resistance. What is antibiotic resistance?
U.S. trade policy, the new farm bill, and domestic and global economic conditions were much discussed topics at the 2013 Range Beef Cow Symposium.
Corbitt Wall gives the Feeder and Stocker Cattle summary for the week ending February 28.
Beef University boosts foodservice and retail professionals’ beef knowledge.
USDA’s annual cattle inventory report confirmed what the industry had been suspecting for the past year — another year of contraction.
Higher cash prices and lower feed costs have pushed cattle feeding profits past $250 per head, a margin unthinkable just a few months ago.
Nebraska has surpassed Texas in the number of cattle in the state being fattened for slaughter, according to the latest federal statistics.
A congressman says federal officials have launched a criminal probe of a Northern California slaughterhouse that recently recalled more than 8.7 million pounds of beef.
Corbitt Wall gave the weekly USDA Feeder and Stocker Cattle summary for the week ending Feb. 21.
We asked you to send in sunset photos from your ranch, farm, backyard, wherever and we received some beautiful shots.
Managing forage and water goes a long way toward profitability.