Beef - General
R-CALF USA has filed suit to prevent USDA’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) from implementing a plan to mandate the use of RFID tags.
The upward trend in cash cattle could continue through the holiday rib demand, with Choice product being in short supply.
Steve and Ginger Olson were recognized at the Certified Angus Beef convention in Asheville, N.C., with the 2019 CAB Ambassador Award.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has confirmed diagnosis of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in four cows in eastern Washington.
Gardiner Angus Ranch’s 15th annual fall bull sale held Sept. 30, 2019, at the ranch near Ashland, Kan., saw 515 lots sell for an average of $3,664 for a sale gross total of $3,041,150.
Our view or definition of traceability and the process involved shapes our perspective of the premium and implementation cost.
“Perhaps we should better understand a few of the sponsoring and participating voices” involved in this week’s rally of independent cattlemen.
Fifth-generation Wyoming rancher Kacy Atkinson says it’s time for cattlemen to stop the infighting and begin to understand the real issues affecting the beef industry.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt addressed economic impacts to ranchers and the importance of grazing to land management in his remarks to the Public Lands Council on Friday.
The FDA has awarded two $250,000 grants to fund research projects in fiscal year 2019 to help target and define durations of use for certain medically important antimicrobial drugs administered in animal feed.
The Nobel Ranch, Yuma, Colo., received the Certified Angus Beef ® 2019 Commercial Commitment to Excellence Award during the brand’s annual conference in Asheville, N.C.
The Red Angus Association Commercial Producer of the Year Award is presented to producers who successfully utilize Red Angus genetics on their farm or ranch.
Both cash fed cattle and feeder cattle posted gains for the week ending Sept. 27, while wholesale beef prices saw significant declines.
When loads of stressed, high-risk calves arrive at the feedlot, it often makes economic sense to treat them all with antibiotics to prevent an almost-inevitable outbreak of bovine respiratory disease (BRD).
With seven weeks passed since the fire at Tyson’s Finney County, Kan. plant, the impacts and resulting ripple effects are clearer now and are fading as expected.
Tom Jones and his Hy-Plains Feedyard team keep feeding, learning and showing the way to better.
Art and Stacy Butler, Spring Cove Ranch, Bliss, ID, were recognized with the 2019 CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award this week in Asheville, North Carolina.
The Western Watersheds Project claims the Interior Department is unlawfully withholding information from the public about a BLM grazing initiative announced in 2017.
Two Brooklyn meat wholesalers were charged this week for allegedly using counterfeit USDA stamps to misbrand “Choice” grade beef as higher-quality “Prime” and inflate the price.
Cattle feeders first began using mass treatments for newly arrived calves back in the 1970s, as a means of controlling outbreaks of respiratory disease or “shipping fever.”
The September Cattle on Feed report highlights some regional differences in the current feedlot situation among the four largest feeding states.
The August fire at Tyson’s Finney County, Kan., beef facility too 6% of slaughter capacity offline and forced packers to scramble to pick up the slack at other harvest locations.
Researchers at Texas A&M University say cattle docility will bring benefits at every level, from the cattle to their managers and ultimately beef consumers.
Results from the first 24 hours of the #FairCattleMarkets campaign show significant activity from the ranching community to reach @realDonaldTrump.
All cattle feeding areas were able to take advantage of the packer’s need for cattle last week and cash prices moved higher.
In the United States, tick-borne disease cases more than doubled, from 22,000 in 2004 to more than 48,000 in 2016, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
U.S. cattle on feed Sept. 1, 2019, were estimated at 11.0 million head, down 1% from a year ago, USDA reports.
Beef production will increase this year, and that remains a key driver for the price of fed cattle.
Stocker and feeder cattle prices were $2 to $7 higher at auction across the nation. Abundant forage conditions has left ranchers in no hurry to sell cattle.
Citing growing frustration with low cattle prices while beef packers reap large profits, a grassroots campaign was launched this week seeking the support of President Donald Trump.