Rancher
Packers were still hunting front end cattle late last Friday, knowing that feeders would have their sights set on a higher December board for the trade this week.
Last month your industry launched a program to help counter the environmental and animal welfare concerns by highlighting how cattle are raised under BQA guidelines.
Imagine how valuable a technology could be in your animal health program that provides a daily list of calves not visiting the feed bunk or water tank in the last 24 hours.
Kansas Livestock Association Vice President of Communications Todd Domer retired October 31 after more than 34 years with the organization.
The American Hereford Association (AHA), in collaboration with HRC Feed Yards, is gearing up to provide a Hereford Feedout Program this fall for purebred and commercial cattlemen.
A new campaign kicked off in October that brings the BQA program to life by highlighting how farmers and ranchers across the country raise cattle under BQA guidelines.
Cash cattle markets pushed higher as November began, supported by an ongoing rally in CME live cattle and packer demand for supplies headed into the holiday season.
A resolution supporting the reestablishment of a country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program was introduced by Montana Senator Jon Tester.
Proposed legislation claims the lack of a federal definition of beef or beef products has created “opportunity for marketplace confusion and consumer fraud,” say the bill’s authors.
McDonald’s, the single largest buyer of U.S. beef, now has $4 billion in delivery sales. Who are these people that don’t have time for fast food?
Officials with the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health (DAH) have confirmed vesicular stomatitis (VS) in horses in Sherman County in western Kansas.
Friday’s USDA cattle on feed report pegged heifer numbers at 39.1 of feedlot inventories, the highest percentage in more than 18 years, and year-to-date heifer slaughter is up more than 7%.
Utah rancher Mark Mecham says his longhorn bull and an Angus calf were shot and killed while he and his wife were at a hospital for the birth of their daughter.
U.S. Cattlemen’s Association files petition for labeling with FSIS, but NCBA says it is opposed to seeking “additional government regulation on our industry.”
Research supports fat as part of a healthy diet and consumers are demanding high-quality beef, and the beef industry has seen a rebound of grade because of increased emphasis on genetics, says Dale Woerner, Texas Tech.
Marketing professionals encourage ranchers to have conversations with calf sales reps to help find the program that is most relevant for your management and genetics.
The Beef Industry Long Range Plan is updated every five years to identify key areas to advance beef demand and help the industry focus on one strategic direction.
Ed Rensi, the former president and CEO of McDonald’s, says he has a problem with companies “guilting Americans into diet changes based on faulty information.”
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Body condition changes from the time the cow calves until she begins the breeding season and can play a significant role in the rebreeding success story.
Cattlemen sought relief from devastating cattle markets following the August fire at a Kansas packing plant.
Drovers columnist Jared Wareham answers a question he is often asked: “Have you discovered the best places to ranch in America?”
Important to meeting global demand and U.S. consumer demand is the growing desire of consumers to have input in how livestock are raised.
Consumers will soon learn how beef farmers and ranchers take to care of their animals to produce high quality beef in a new promotion and advertising campaign about the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program.
In an attempt to generate leads in a case growing colder each day, the reward for information about a large cattle rustling event has been increased a third time.
Cargill says it closed its Dodge City beef packing and processing facility on Thursday after an explosion injured two employees.
CAB growth credited to “an entire community of Angus farmers, ranchers and feeders being extremely intentional over several years in the way they breed, raise and care for their cattle with a focus on quality.”
While fed cattle supplies remain historically large, they are set to decline moving forward. Seasonal supplies will be at their peak in the first quarter of 2020.
Agricultural markets will be impacted by world population growth, economic growth and the expanding middle class, African Swine Fever and the development of alternative proteins.
In the few months since Greg Hanes became CEO of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board he says “there appears to be many misperceptions, false rumors, and misinformation about how the checkoff works and is administered.”