Beef - General
From disease tracking and consumer expectations to profitability, beef, dairy and hog producers share their opinions on traceability in the U.S.
The drought in North Dakota is impacting the yield of small-grain crops such as barley, oats, rye, triticale and wheat, leading some producers to harvest the small grains as hay.
A Senate hearing on Capitol Hill this week focused on “beefing up the supply chain,” but it was the prices paid to producers also in focus, as Senators pressed on everything from price discovery to transparency.
Fifth-generation Nebraska rancher Jaclyn Wilson, and her family, launched an innovative project using advanced technologies to track cattle as verified digital assets.
Competition in the meat sector was a focus on Capitol Hill Wednesday. The same day of the House Ag Committee’s hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee put the meatpacking industry in the hot seat with calls for change.
The hearing held on July 28 featured testimony from economists and covered the recent Black Swan events affecting the cattle industry.
This summer many of us have had our eyes on carcass weights, grading trends and days on feed as related to the fed cattle sector. These factors have been on abnormal paths since the onset of the pandemic and backlog.
A rural veterinarian in Faribault County, Minn., is offering to give away his practice, clinic, pickup and even the vet clinic cat, in an effort to recruit his replacement.
Cattlemen should be suspicious of legislative and regulatory activity that interferes with markets under the guise of improving them, writes John Nalivka. Before long the entire camel is “in the tent.”
After a decade of research in New Zealand, scientists appear on the cusp of developing a vaccine to limit the methane production from beef and dairy cows.
The “Beefing up Competition: Examining America’s Food Supply Chain” hearing will be livestreamed at 2:30 P.M. eastern.
An unexpected conversation in the check-out lane spurred editor Jennifer Shike to weigh in on the stock show prize we need to spend more time talking about these days.
Producers may not know they have an anaplasmosis problem until they see dead cows or bulls older than 2-years of age. The disease can be devastating because it targets the older stock.
The Product Quality Research program includes the study of beef quality, muscle traits and characterization, carcass traits, muscle tenderness and yield, flavor and palatability, and new technologies.
Cargill announces a collaboration with producers to advance the practices of beef-on-dairy, with programs to advance research and support beef and dairy producers in finding the opportunities of beef-on-dairy.
Silver Fern Farms, the New Zealand grass-fed red meat company, said it will introduce its first range of Toitu Net Carbon Zero Certified Beef in the United States late this year.
This week’s data show the highest percentage of the U.S. is in an extreme/exceptional drought since the data series began in 2000.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) recently launched a new, interactive grading dashboard to capture current and historical quality grade and volume information for beef and other proteins.
Consumers are more open to the nutritional benefits of beef than at any other time since the Checkoff began more than three decades ago but getting here required consistent long-term investment in nutrition research.
Early pregnancy testing helps producers make important management decisions related to nutrition programs and marketing plans, as well as evaluating the reproductive efficiency of the cow herd.
Smith receives Industry Leadership Award for his work to advance the beef industry.
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board, the organization responsible for overseeing Beef Checkoff collection and program funding, will celebrate the program’s 35 anniversary during the upcoming Cattle Industry Convention.
How backgrounding may boost feeder calf value.
Twelve groups representing farmers and companies who make a majority of America’s meat, poultry, dairy and animal feed and ingredients, unveiled the Protein PACT for the People, Animals, and Climate of Tomorrow
CoBank says challenges brought on by COVID-19 will speed up automation throughout many sectors of the supply chain. Here’s a deeper look at the animal protein industries in CoBank’s latest report.
Reduced performance or ‘Summer Slump’ is associated with decreasing forage quality during the late summer.
Here’s the bottom line: I am beyond fed up with billionaires spouting misinformation about meat and the environment while also flying on private planes to private islands, oh and also going to space for the fun of it.
As farmers in the West experience record-breaking heat, the continued extreme drought conditions are also taking a toll on growers, crops and livestock, with pasture and range conditions worsening.
They say that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. While those two certainties are undeniable, we need to make sure that family-owned businesses, including farms and ranches, aren’t taxed to death.
Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals.