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One of the cattle industry’s current challenges is finding ways to get the next generation of producers established.

On Monday, April 13, the beef checkoff hosted 20 students from Bridgewater State University for a “Raising the Steaks” immersion event at Gibbet Hill Cattle Company in Groton, Mass.

All market classes of beef cattle are at record high levels for this time of the year, but are lower than the all-time record highs established in the last half of 2014.

Grain prices helped row crop farmers improve their operations for a few years, now cattle prices are doing the same for beef producers.

The national beef checkoff, through its Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative and in partnership with the South Dakota Beef Industry Council, ensured that beef was proudly represented during the historic running of the 119th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20.

Whether its from the back of a horse, in the cab of the feedtruck or chute side during branding, America’s beef producers captured some of the best moments of the year on Instagram.

Some people are changing their attitudes about the meat industry after taking the popular online course, “The Meat We Eat.”

Retail beef prices were record high for the third consecutive month during February.

The market price of a calf minus the direct expenses of producing that calf often is stated as profit. However, that calculation is far from any indication of the financial status of a beef operation.

As a centuries-old dispute over beef intensifies in India, cattle transporter Shafiullah Mohammad Sharif Shah is caught in the middle.