Beef - General
Beef cow slaughter in 2019 will be the highest relative to the overall cow herd since 2013, and suggests tighter supplies in 2020 and higher overall prices.
Big strides have been made since the Beef Quality Audit of 1991 pointed out changes needed to meet consumer demand. At the Feeding Quality Forum, a Certified Angus Beef executive talked about responding to those needs.
Packers were still hunting front end cattle late last Friday, knowing that feeders would have their sights set on a higher December board for the trade this week.
Last month your industry launched a program to help counter the environmental and animal welfare concerns by highlighting how cattle are raised under BQA guidelines.
Imagine how valuable a technology could be in your animal health program that provides a daily list of calves not visiting the feed bunk or water tank in the last 24 hours.
Kansas Livestock Association Vice President of Communications Todd Domer retired October 31 after more than 34 years with the organization.
The American Hereford Association (AHA), in collaboration with HRC Feed Yards, is gearing up to provide a Hereford Feedout Program this fall for purebred and commercial cattlemen.
A new campaign kicked off in October that brings the BQA program to life by highlighting how farmers and ranchers across the country raise cattle under BQA guidelines.
Cash cattle markets pushed higher as November began, supported by an ongoing rally in CME live cattle and packer demand for supplies headed into the holiday season.
Boxed beef prices increased about ten percent over the month of October into early November, a significantly higher increase than the normal seasonal bump.
A resolution supporting the reestablishment of a country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program was introduced by Montana Senator Jon Tester.
Consumer groups give many U.S. restaurant chains failing grades for their policies regarding antibiotics used in their beef supply for burgers and other beef dishes.
America’s four largest beef packers face another lawsuit claiming antitrust violations since 2015, this one filed by a California distributor seeking treble damages.
A pending trade agreement between the US and the EU would give the US 50% of the EU’s imported beef.
Proposed legislation claims the lack of a federal definition of beef or beef products has created “opportunity for marketplace confusion and consumer fraud,” say the bill’s authors.
McDonald’s, the single largest buyer of U.S. beef, now has $4 billion in delivery sales. Who are these people that don’t have time for fast food?
Modern marketing is all about connecting product attributes with consumers’ fundamental values. But with the positioning of the alt-meat category, that approach is seriously misguided.
Officials with the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health (DAH) have confirmed vesicular stomatitis (VS) in horses in Sherman County in western Kansas.
Cash fed cattle sold $1 to $2 higher, but yearling feeder cattle sold uneven at auction with steer and heifer calves trading $1 to $4 lower.
Friday’s USDA cattle on feed report pegged heifer numbers at 39.1 of feedlot inventories, the highest percentage in more than 18 years, and year-to-date heifer slaughter is up more than 7%.
Beef packers continued to show signs that they still need cattle to meet the demand of their customers and paid higher prices last week.
Utah rancher Mark Mecham says his longhorn bull and an Angus calf were shot and killed while he and his wife were at a hospital for the birth of their daughter.
Cow-calf producers know that a dam’s body condition during late gestation and through early lactation has long-term and economically significant impacts on cow and calf performance.
U.S. Cattlemen’s Association files petition for labeling with FSIS, but NCBA says it is opposed to seeking “additional government regulation on our industry.”
Research supports fat as part of a healthy diet and consumers are demanding high-quality beef, and the beef industry has seen a rebound of grade because of increased emphasis on genetics, says Dale Woerner, Texas Tech.
Marketing professionals encourage ranchers to have conversations with calf sales reps to help find the program that is most relevant for your management and genetics.
The Beef Industry Long Range Plan is updated every five years to identify key areas to advance beef demand and help the industry focus on one strategic direction.
Ed Rensi, the former president and CEO of McDonald’s, says he has a problem with companies “guilting Americans into diet changes based on faulty information.”
Cash cattle markets backed up last week from a steady upward movement due to a boiler explosion, and the three days of unexpected downtime at Cargill’s Dodge City plant.
Grazing on harvested corn fields provides a fall and winter management option for cattle owners and an income opportunity for landowners.