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It Has Us Buzzing
One insightful and one spiteful news items have been the talk of BEEF's staff these last two weeks. The first is a video series depicting Temple Grandin, the latter ...
Tour Group Visits Argentina's Largest Cattle Auction
It was gorgeous and sunny Monday morning in Buenos Aires when the 2008 Beef Study Tour of South America pulled into the circular driveway of Liniers Market, the major livestock trade ...
EPDs provide genetic insight
The beef cattle industry has been using Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) as a selection tool in improving calf productivity for nearly two decades....
Consumer Confidence, Economy & Beef Demand
It's absolutely striking to see how poorly the economy performs in an election year, especially if there is not an incumbent running. Some economists argue that this is nothing more than ...
APHIS Amends Import Regulations From BSE Regions
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has amended regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products from regions that present a minimal risk of ...
Beef Industry Loses A Legend
The beef industry lost one of its visionary leaders on Sunday, Jan. 20 with the passing of Roy Wallace, long-time sire selection specialist for Select Sires. ...
Beef Study Tour Participants Arrive In South America
After an overnight flight from Miami, the 2008 Beef Study Tour of South America landed in Argentina at 6 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20, and were greeted by a beautiful summer morning in the low 80s (see the list of participants at the end of this article). ...
Feedback On The Shark Story
Regarding "The Great White Shark Goes Red" in the Jan. 4 edition of BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly, in golf terms, Greg Norman Australian Prime brand manager Russ Supplee seems to have shanked one...
No Early Outs For Conservation Reserve Program
Acting USDA Secretary Chuck Conner says USDA's position remains that there will not be any early release of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts...
Ethanol Article Provided Good Perspective
I found Troy Marshall's Jan. 11 article, "Should We Just Accept And Adapt To Ethanol?" a well-written commentary that provides an objective approach from a perspective outside the Corn Belt...
Indiana Task Force Begins Work
A 20-member Indiana task force has begun work on examining how the state's ag businesses are regulated, a difficult task since there are 13 agency functions that regulate Hoosier ag...
Video Ads Are Planned For Grocery Carts
Digital advertising is coming to shopping carts. The Associated Press reports Microsoft spent four years working with Plano, TX-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. on a grocery cart-mounted console that helps shoppers find products in the store,...
USDA Secretary Confirmation
The Senate Ag Committee will hold former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer's confirmation hearing for USDA Secretary on Jan. 24. Schafer was nominated by President George W. Bush ...
Consumers Reveal Tactics Against High Pump Prices
A December Nielsen Homescan Consumer Panel survey reveals the No. 1 way consumers are dealing with today's high prices at the pump is by "combining errands and trips" (70% of respondents)...
Co-Product Nutrition Conference Set
If you want leading-edge research on how ethanol co-products work in cattle diets, mark your calendar for the High Plains Biofuels Co-Product Nutrition Conference, Feb. 20 at the Plaza Hotel in Garden City, KS...
U.S. Horse Slaughter Moves To Mexico
U.S. horses shipped to Mexico for slaughter more than tripled in 2007, after all three U.S. horse slaughter plants were closed, according to the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. As of Dec. 20, 2007...
2007 U.S. Corn Crop Tops The Record Book
The 2007 U.S. corn crop's final production tally is 13.1 billion bu., which eclipses the previous high, set in 2004, of 11.8 billion bu. According to USDA's "Crop Production 2007 Summary," released Jan. 11 by USDA's National Ag Statistics Service (NASS), 2007 production topped 2006's by 24%. Cotton and rice yields also hit all-time highs...
U.S. Beef Exports Gain 18% In Volume, 29% In Value
USDA says U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports were 18% higher in volume and 29% higher in value during the first 11 months of 2007 compared with the same period of 2006. The U.S. exported a total of 707,184 metric tons (mt) of beef, valued at $2.4 billion...
Stolen Meat Trailer Found In Dallas; Beef Still Missing
A stolen refrigerated trailer loaded with ground beef products, some of which tested positive for E. coli bacteria, has been found but 14,800 lbs. of product is still missing ...
Seoul Seeks Beef Resolution To Salvage FTA
South Korea hopes to resolve its beef-trade spat with the U.S. as early as possible in order to bolster chances of parliamentary approval of the free-trade agreement signed last June, reports ...
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Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
