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Progress appears slow in erasing the backlog of cattle in America’s feedyards, and carcass weights averaging 4.2% heavier are the equivalent of 21,000 more cattle coming to market than last year.

Establishing cover crops following grain production is a proven tool to protect soil, reduce erosion, improve water quality and enhance soil quality.

Rejuvra™ herbicide was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for controlling invasive weed species on rangeland, CRP land and natural areas, including grazed areas.

Cargill and TGI Fridays have teamed up to build Bold Heroes, a initiative designed to provide firefighters across the nation with TGI Friday’s frozen beef patties.

TSCRA director Carl Ray Polk Jr. says his group will “always embrace progress, but not when it comes at the expense of our members or when it violates our private property rights.”

Plant-based products are no longer on the menu at McDoanld’s in Canada, but the end of the test has not diminished the enthusiasm of leaders of the fake meat business.

Hide color and breed character are tools currently available to sort stockers, with little information about genetic potential. But is there a role genomics, or DNA, can play for the stocker operator?

The 44 Farms International Beef Cattle Academy is now offering scholarships to 2020-2021 program applicants. A total of $100,000 is available to cover up to 70% of tuition costs. Applications close on August 15, 2020.

Negotiated cash fed cattle continued to trade at softer prices last week while feeder cattle were called steady to higher at auctions.

Packers should be back to six-day work weeks now that we are through the July 4th holiday, but an abundance of protein in the system should be expected to hamper cattle markets this summer.