Beef - General
According to Iowa State University’s David Verhoeven, vaccines using mRNA technology have been shown to reduce disease on farms, and it’s all but impossible for them to end up in your food.
To address agricultural challenges, Beth Ford stressed the need for a comprehensive, long-term water sustainability strategy, and shared why water is at the top of her priority list.
By restoring the native ecosystem on their land, the Browns are doing their part to protect one of the most imperiled ecosystems, the grasslands of North America.
Implanting your calves before weaning is cost effective and will increase weaning weights of both steers and heifers with very little impact on reproduction rates of replacement heifers.
Though rooted in tradition, this father-daughter duo is stepping into new territory, using genomic testing and creating their own specialty beef label to add value and increase efficiency in their operation.
U.S. House Agriculture’s Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday provided an opportunity for animal agriculture stakeholders to detail their priorities they hope to achieve from lawmakers actions.
While livestock fly control may already be in the cattle management plan—have you considered the possibility of insecticide product resistance? Is feeding garlic an option? Here are some tips to consider.
Considering adding a beef business to your operation? Hannah Klitz, owner of Oak Barn Beef, talks about the time it takes to sell beef directly to consumers.
Decisions on when to administer the first round of vaccinations, castration, growth implants and parasite control will impact the profit potential of those calves in the months ahead.
Checkoff opponents contend the program is failing. So let’s dive into that contention with some added granularity and precision, says Speer.
The 2022 National Beef Quality Audit was released May 16 during a call with media. Data from the audit indicate a safe and high-quality product is consistently offered to today’s consumers.
Persistent drought in major beef cattle production regions continues to have a significant impact on the cattle industry despite improvements in drought conditions in other parts of the country.
After Tyson Foods reports anemic first quarter sales and downgrades its forecast, The Wall Street Journal editors wrote, “This doesn’t look like an antitrust conspiracy or market oligopoly.”
Packers increase their slaughter ahead of the first holiday weekend of the summer and the spread between North and South widens back to $6 per cwt.
Lone start tick bites can trigger a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction in some people after they eat red meat.
Calves enrolled in the OQBN Vac-45 Program attained an average market premium of $18.67/cwt in 2022 and an average of $13.06/cwt over the past 12 years, compared to similar nonpreconditioned calves.
Drier than normal weather conditions likely have put replacement heifers a little behind schedule with regard to target weights and body condition. Reproductive Tract Scoring can help make replacement heifer decisions.
Negotiated cash cattle prices declined for the fourth consecutive week in the South but held steady in Northern trades.
When Mary Heffernan and her family left their city life behind to buy a ranch, she relied on her entrepreneurial drive to sustain their livelihood.
Increasingly, U.S. and global agriculture are rapidly adopting a system driven by government regulations. Such regulatory activity should concern us all.
A misinformation campaign is underway attacking NCBA and endangering the programs that generations of farmers and ranchers worked hard to establish.
The Supreme Court has denied a petition to review California’s Proposition 12, which requires the sale of meat products in California to conform with the state’s animal housing standards.
A recent episode of The Angus Conversation explored bovine congestive heart failure.
A broad view of recent carcass cutout values shows plenty of strength in wholesale boxed beef prices. To contrast current values to a year ago, CAB and commodity Choice cutouts are 14% higher.
USDA’s pasture and range conditions shows 33% is rated good/excellent and 37% is poor/very poor. While the picture is improved from last year, a deeper dive shows one state is worse than 2013.
Workshop training events for managers and employees of feedyards and related industries are scheduled for June in Kearney, Neb., and Garden City, Kan.
Now is the time to check for ergot, a toxic fungus which infects the surface of grasses and cereal crops and can cause severe illness in livestock such as cattle and horses.
Agtech startup MyAnIML™ announces a hardware update designed to support the implementation of its AI-enabled predictive health platform in commercial feedlot and dairy operations.
The Hadricks, both fifth-generation beef producers in South Dakota noticed a need for a small packing plant in their area to help not only themselves but also their rural community. The result? North Prairie Butchery.
Scientists at Clay Center, Neb., have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually.