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The Cattle report issued by USDA-NASS in late January included several interesting changes in major beef cow states.

A 14-month-old Angus bull became the highest-priced bull ever sold at public auction last week, fetching $800,000 from two ranchers based in Missouri and Oklahoma. The previous record, set just last year, was $750,000.

Key to the feeder cattle and calf price outlook is the feeder cattle supply (estimated from cattle inventory), forage conditions, feeding margins and feedlot demand and thus, fed cattle prices.

In this story from the Arkansas Farm Bureau, a cattle producer is demonstrating his involvement in the local food movement.

If you’re busy planting corn or calving cows this week, rejoice. The end of those chores is near. Scientists, entrepreneurs, and activists are building an animal-free food system.

What would P.T. Barnum say today? Every day brings news that there really is a sucker born every minute.

While we applaud the court’s dressing-down of PETA, we must recognize the influence they and other like-minded groups have cast on consumers.

Does xanthan gum, a synthetic substance, disqualify Tyson’s 100% All Natural Batter Dipped Chicken Tenders as “all natural?”

Cattle supplies are on the rise with more cattle being placed in feedlots leading to some discrepancies in the futures and cash market.

New technologies will never be in short supply. Some will forever change how we raise top quality cattle and beef.