BEEF
Look for record high beef prices to continue.
U.S. beef exports opened the new year on a positive note, but market conditions suggest that 2014 could be a challenging year, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by USMEF, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program.
Corbitt Wall gave the weekly USDA Feeder and Stocker Cattle summary for the week ending Feb. 21.
A North Dakota company has recalled more than a ton of beef franks due to misbranding.
Exports of U.S. beef closed 2013 by eclipsing the $6 billion mark for the first time, setting a new annual value record.
Prime Hospitality Group introduces Certified Angus Beef Brand, becoming the first-ever Kosher restaurant group to serve CAB.
While crops avoided major damage, the cold slowed the growth of livestock and extended a rally in Chicago cattle futures to a record.
During the last 90 days, Merck Animal Health, with the input and oversight of its Advisory Board, has worked to implement its Five-Step Plan to Ensuring Responsible Beef and has made considerable progress.
State agriculture officials say about 1,450 pounds of possibly contaminated beef and pork products have been returned to a southwest Missouri processor.
The beef export market remains on an upward trend while pork exports are down slightly.
South Korea halted beef imports from a U.S. unit of JBS SA after finding traces of the feed additive zilpaterol in a consignment of the meat.
The revised USDA regulations are intended to reduce consumer confusion and allow cattle producers the ability to differentiate their product from foreign beef.
The six-day National Junior Angus Show is a highlight for many National Junior Angus Association members and their families.
The National Junior Angus Association recognized Tom and Lois Ames, Eddie and Connie Sydenstricker and Ray Sims, as 2013 Honorary Angus Foundation inductees for dedication to youth.
National checkoff leaders this week approved a Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) budget of about $40.7 million for Fiscal 2014, reflecting a 5.6 percent decrease from the Fiscal 2013 amended budget, amid continued tight supplies and an expected slowing of cow slaughter.
Food price inflation should be low this year, except when it comes to beef prices.
Poor weather conditions have resulted in high feed costs and big financial losses, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says.
The new Vetericyn Livestock line includes a Pink Eye Spray, Teat Spray, and Umbilical, Navel & Udder Gel, all in 16-oz. trigger spray bottles.
Get ready to watch beef take a spin on “Wheel of Fortune.” The dinner-time TV game show will be offering a $1,000 gift card from Beef Bucks.
As we head into the holidays, it’s time to give thanks and appreciate all the blessings we have received. But this year has been full of mixed blessings.
We can test, but testing may not be the most effective way to protect consumers.
The industry’s best hope for E. coli is not cleaner beef or more inspection, but a useful vaccine.
I’ve always thought of export markets as important to byproducts—the stuff you and I won’t eat. But if this economy doesn’t improve, or corn prices don’t come down, we may have to start thinking of the loin as a byproduct—not something Americans won’t eat so much as something they can’t afford to eat.
Accessibility to corn co-products provide Midwest cattle feeders opportunities but there are still challenges.
In W. Edwards Deming’s theories of management, there is a basic tenet that strikes me as immutable: You can’t inspect quality into a product; you must build quality in throughout the production process.
On the topsy-turvy roller-coaster ride of cattle prices this past year, one thing that most economists agree on is that the cattle industry remains in a strong position going into 2011. Cattle supplies continue to be at their lowest while demand is steady. The one monkey wrench in what could be a great year for cattle producers is high feed costs.
Steve Kay and Ron Plain offer analysis of USDA Cattle on Feed report.