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For beef cattle prices to continue their record run, the 2014 U.S. corn crop will have to produce record yields, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist.

Recently, five such social media journalists traveled to the United States as guests of checkoff contractor U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)-Korea to get a firsthand look at the American beef industry, from ranches to research and development facilities.

There is nothing cheap or quick about raising cattle and shortcuts will leave cattle exposed and vulnerable.

The Iowa Beef Center in partnership with the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association is offering the series “Heifer Development 2: Maintaining Your Investment” to specifically focus on management practices to keep young cows in the herd to improve longterm profitability.

Cargill Inc. says it will start labeling beef products that contain “finely textured beef,” following last year’s public outcry over the use of “pink slime.”

A relief fund for western South Dakota ranchers who lost tens of thousands of cattle in an early October blizzard has collected $3 million, three times as much as expected, an organizer said Friday.

NuAgra, a Brookings, S.D. based company, has begun selling grass-fed South Dakota beef directly to households throughout the United States — and the company’s beef starts out in central South Dakota.

Online benefit auction happening now to support a Colorado Angus breeder.

After an on the farm accident severely injured a North Dakota rancher an outpouring of help came his way.

The value of addition of supplementary fat to improve reproduction in beef heifers has been a topic of interest throughout the last decade. A variety of research projects have found variable results.