Beef - General
Cattle inventory in Tennessee increased 6.4 percent to 1.83 million head while the beef cow herd increased 2.6% to 896,000 head.
The trade agreement might be one of the biggest opportunities to turn-around a sliding cattle market.
Beef feedlot managers, owners, employees and supporting industry personnel will learn the latest in feedlot health, nutrition, environment and economics at the 2014 Beef Feedlot Roundtables in Nebraska.
Will the cattle market keep sliding in 2016? Could there be a rally? See what the analysts from CattleFax have to say.
Steps are being taken by CME Group to address volatility in the cattle markets, although producers will still have to deal with a bearish marketplace.
No one wants to handle a temperamental cow or bull, but there is more at stake than overall attitude.
The key to cattle handling is to understand animal behavior and create trust with your herd.
A Northern California company is recalling more than 8.7 million pounds of beef products because it processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection, federal officials said Saturday.
During the NCBA Cattle Marketing and International Trade Committee meeting at the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville this week, Ron Bryant, U.S. Ruminants division with Merck, recapped the five-step plan Merck developed with the cattle industry.
Beef producers from the four largest beef producing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries continue to advocate that any TPP agreement must deliver on the 2011 TPP Ministers’ position of eliminating tariffs and other barriers to trade.
During cold and windy weather, producers need to be aware of the potential for scrotal frostbite in bulls.
Cattlemen and women gathered today at the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show to hear CattleFax market analysts’ projections for the year ahead.
Frank and Sims Price Ranch, Sterling City, Texas, was named the national winner of the National Cattlemen’s Foundation Environmental Stewardship Award Program.
This week, two producers were honored with the checkoff’s annual national Beef Quality Assurance and Dairy Beef Quality Assurance awards.
Don Butler, director of agriculture for the state of Arizona from 2003 to 2013 and a former president of the National Cattlemen’s Association, has received the prestigious Swan Family Leadership Award.
It was announced last month that McDonald’s is going to invest in sustainable beef. While a clear definition has not been entirely outlined attendees of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Cattlemen’s College got a little better idea of what to expect.
A Fort Worth beef processor is recalling nearly 16,000 pounds of beef products because they may be contaminated by E. coli.
Those attending the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 4-7 should be sure to pack their comfortable walking shoes. The NCBA Trade Show – for years, the beef cattle industry’s largest – is getting bigger, adding more than 30 exhibitors and thousands of square feet of booth space.
Since 2009, the Kansas Beef Council and Nebraska Beef Council have provided funding and support of the nutrition and dietetics program at the New York Beef Industry Council.
Cattle quality has been on the rise in Eastern Kentucky for several years now. Beef producers have a local stockyard to sell their animals, and now there’s a place for those cattle to be processed and sold to Kentucky consumers.
The USDA feeder cattle report for the week ending January 31 confirmed the inventory drop showing cattle and calves nearly 2% lower than last year’s numbers.
State officials are reminding Nebraska ranchers and feedlot operators about new rules requiring them to report certain cattle illnesses shortly after they’re found.
A California man who tried to steal a truckload of beef from a southwest Kansas slaughterhouse was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in federal prison.
With kids back in school for the spring semester, the Kansas Beef Council continues to remind menu planners that good nutrition is essential for success in the classroom.
National Beef Packing Company (National Beef) today announced plans to close its beef processing facility located in Brawley, California.
How can the beef industry increase the percentage of superior carcasses?
Science, or rather advancements in science, allow for new or revised tools to aid in selection and management of beef cattle.
You’ll want to watch the first quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl when Chevrolet debuts its 60-second commercial. But we have a sneak peak if you just can’t wait.
A massive, five-year farm bill set for a floor vote in the U.S. House Wednesday contains help for South Dakota ranchers dealing with cattle losses from last October’s early-season blizzard
Shares of JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, plunged to a 15-month low after Brazil’s public prosecutor accused executives including Chairman Joesley Batista of financial crimes involving a series of loans made to related companies.