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Jon Beever, Knoxville, Tenn., receives the BIF Pioneer Award. This award recognizes those who have made improvements to the beef cattle industry.
Michigan bid-caller came out on top against tough competition in Oklahoma City.
The 2024 winners of the Frank Baker/Larry Cundiff Beef Improvement Essay Contest for graduate students were announced at the BIF Symposium in Tennessee.
Communication between one generation to another can seem like talking a different language. “I suggest you approach looking at another generation with curiosity rather than judgment,” says Kim Lear of Inlay Insights.
Vice president of communications for the Kansas Livestock Association, Scarlett Hagins Madinger was recognized with the BIF Ambassador Award.
The concept of measuring the flavor of food is extraordinarily more complex than simply measuring tenderness or juiciness and requires very specialized equipment.
The Beef Improvement Federation hosted its first “Shark Tank” competition which was developed with the goal of increasing student involvement in its annual meeting.
As a seventh-generation family operation, Red Hill Farms has focused on incorporating technology that allows them to produce quality livestock and provide the best selection tools to their customers.
For more than 30 years, Fenco Farms has been at the forefront of technology in production agriculture.
A trial date has been set for Arizona rancher George Kelly who is charged with murder following the shooting death of a Mexican migrant in January of last year.
How are you showing up on the farm? Do your actions meet up with your goals? Rena Striegel, a farm succession planning consultant, encourages the next generation of on-farm leaders to do some self-reflection.
Burnout, financial pressures and exhaustion are not just common issues for dairy and livestock producers, but also for the veterinarians who serve them and their animals.
“If handled improperly, transition events can be the death of your business. Or it can strengthen your business and clearly outline who you are and where you want to go,” says Dick Wittman.
Formulating your farm’s succession plan is likely not a straight line. Polly Dobbs, an Indiana attorney who is part of a seven-generation farm family, says it’s important to stay focused on your end goals.
Rancher and four others consumed meat from a butchered lamb but only the rancher became ill, CDC says.
USDA offers educational events for cattle producers and feeders who want a better understanding of factors contributing to the market value of cattle, and how these factors can inform marketing and production decisions.
Livestock Marketeers is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the history and advancement of the Livestock Marketing profession.
We asked previous awardees of the Top Producer Next Gen Award to reflect on lessons they’ve experienced in business and management.
April pork exports reached the highest volume and value since May 2021, while beef exports were the largest in 10 months and valued at just under $900 million.
June 6 (Reuters) - The ongoing U.S. outbreak of avian flu in dairy cattle reached Minnesota on Thursday as the state announced its first infected herd.
New polling shows majority of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents support legislation mandating “lab-grown meat” labeling and other restrictions.
Jim Conlan contends Swampbuster regulation is compelled conservation—all government stick and no carrot.
The new Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein will be located in Raleigh, NC, on the campus of North Carolina State University.
The May Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor found even with improved commodity prices over the past month, ag economists’ views on the net farm income picture slightly eroded, falling to $110.4 billion in May.
Fundamentals remain bullish, but margin operators will feel the squeeze.
A bull can look and act like he’s primed to produce offspring, but the question is can he deliver?
This is the third human case associated with the virus. Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a plan to produce 4.8 million doses of a vaccine for human use to counter H5N1.
The FDA has given its stamp of approval to Elanco’s Bovaer®, a first-in-class methane-reducing feed ingredient.
Professor Dan Shike was appointed interim head for the Department of Animal Sciences (ANSC), part of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Farmers who are feeling bewildered by the glacial progress of the next farm bill should know they’re not alone. “There are a lot of people who are confused about the process, including me,” says AgriTalk host Chip Flory.