Beef - General
While there are many positives to incorporating forage cover crops into existing forage systems, differences in production, nutritional value, and animal gain exist.
Corbitt Wall gave his weekly USDA National Feeder and Stocker summary. The report was slightly bearish.
Both packers and feeders are operating with positive margins.
The “grass fed” beef label is going out to pasture, along with “naturally raised” claims for other livestock.
Cattle futures are following the equity markets and clearly remain quite volatile.
USDA’s January Cattle on Feed report said December placements were down 0.8% while marketings were up 1.1%.
Cow-calf production occurs across most of the U.S. in a wide variety of production environments.
A mountain of meat has ended the longest rally in U.S. cattle prices since at least the 1960s, when baby boomers and McDonald’s Corp. ushered in the American burger boom.
Beef exports gain momentum in most Asian markets, but decline continues in Japan.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released their final 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Servings of lean meat, poultry, eggs and dairy remain in the newly established 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Cattle prices rebounded this past week after a long slide downward.
Authorities are trying to find who killed a cow in a Guthrie County, Iowa pasture and cut it in half.
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Cow-calf producers have made some money and now need to be “steeling” for what is to come, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist said.
When will the plunge in the cattle market be over?
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An increasing amount of consumers want to know more about their food and are looking for local products. Beef producers have started to catch onto that trend and are seeing success in starting their own branded beef programs.
Growing the beef cattle herd in the state of Tennessee and across the nation has taken front and center stage.
Genetic maternal traits, birthdate, mature size and a fit with the environment are all factors cattle producers need to consider when retaining replacement heifers.
Feeding calves and the 100-yard dash share one thing in common; in both instances it is nearly impossible to start poorly and expect to win.
Farmers across the fertile pampas are getting ready to empty silo bags of corn and soybeans after years of withholding part of their crop in anger over tax policies.
Safety protocols in place during processing and tips for ground meat safety in the home.
Most analysts and producers would say that feeder cattle and finished cattle have been somewhat undervalued the past several weeks which is likely the leading factor of prices making a small resurgence.
A few Florida ranchers and consumers prefer grass-fed beef.
