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Retail Gasoline & Diesel Prices Retreat Across The U.S.  

Jan 17, 2008 - Energy Information Administration

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline retreated from the highest recorded January price, dropping 4.1¢ to $3.068/gal., as of Jan. 14, or 83.9¢ above a year ago. Meanwhile, the average price for retail diesel fell 5¢...

Repeal Ethanol Tariff 

Jan 17, 2008 - P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) has indicated he plans to introduce legislation to temporarily repeal the ethanol tariff. The reason is to make more corn ...

Reaction To Cloned Animal Announcement 

Jan 17, 2008 - P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) said, "Milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring will enter the food supply. They can do so immediately. The products will not be labeled as such and American consumers will have no way to avoid consuming them." ...

Radical Animal Rights Groups Combine Forces 

Jan 17, 2008 - HSUS release

The radical animal rights group The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) this week announced it had formed a "corporate combination agreement" with the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights...

Organic, Natural Production Is Wyoming Workshop Focus  

Jan 17, 2008 - UW CES news release

University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service (UW CES) is offering a one-day workshop in Powell to provide ranchers and farmers on the ins and outs of adopting "natural" or "organic" production methods...

It's Stock Show Time In Denver 

Jan 17, 2008 - Troy Marshall

Football has the Super Bowl, soccer has the World Cup, and baseball has its World Series. For the seedstock and show industries, it's the National Western Stock Show (NWSS), ...

Clones Are Halfway To Approval -- Consumers Are Next 

Jan 17, 2008 - Troy Marshall

The biggest news of the week was the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement that clones from cattle, swine and goats are safe for human consumption. ...

FDA Says Cloned Animals Are Safe; EU Moves Closer 

Jan 17, 2008 - P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally ...

Grains Are Higher; What About Livestock? 

Jan 11, 2008 - Troy Marshall

Corn continues to be the ingredient everyone is watching. The latest price run-up in corn has many people talking about a new all-time high. Of course, wheat and soybean prices also have been exploding. ...

Should We Just Accept And Adapt To Ethanol?  

Jan 11, 2008 - Troy Marshall

"Accept and adapt" has certainly been the rallying cry of leading management gurus regarding the government-created ethanol boom. These experts have a valid point. ...

Which Flock Are You Flying With? 

Jan 11, 2008 - Troy Marshall

There's an old saying that is amazingly accurate: "Birds of a feather flock together."...

Eight Issues For Cattlemen To Watch For In '08 

Jan 11, 2008 - Burt Rutherford & Joe Roybal

Here are eight issues that look to be top of mind for the U.S. beef industry in the coming 12 months. ...

Manage Your Operation For Both Beef & Birds 

Jan 11, 2008 - Kindra Gordon

If someone asked how many cattle you ran on your ranch, surely you'd know a number. But if you were asked how many species of birds and wildlife could be found on your land, would you know? Would it be important to know? ...

Was 2007 A Great Year For Agriculture? 

Jan 4, 2008 - Troy Marshall

There were certainly a lot of records set in 2007. Fed-cattle prices averaged right at $93/cwt. for the year -- a new record....

My Wishes For Success In 2008  

Jan 4, 2008 - Troy Marshall

I hope you're excited about 2008. I certainly am. I'm not talking about growth in export markets, domestic demand increases, or a continued shift away from commodity to value-added beef production....

"The Great White Shark" Goes Red 

Jan 4, 2008 - Burt Rutherford

Pro Golfer Greg Norman, an Australian known as "The Great White Shark," has expanded his ranching and ag enterprises by introducing a line of premium Wagyu beef into the U.S. Called "Greg Norman Australian Prime," the line recently celebrated its first anniversary in the U.S. ...

MARC Studies Productivity Of Twins & Triplets 

Jan 4, 2008 - Alaina Burt

Cows have the capacity to gestate twin calves, but not without decreased survival and body weight due to uterine crowding, researchers at USDA's Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) conclude....

When It Comes To Marketing, Timing Is Everything 

Jan 4, 2008 - Clint Peck

Most U.S. beef producers manage their livestock around forage-driven production systems. And because beef producers mostly calve in the spring, they wean and market their calves in the fall. This ...

Twelve Tricks For A More Effective 2008  

Dec 28, 2007 - Troy Marshall

Have you ever reached the end of a day, month or year, and set back and asked where all the time went? I'm guessing you started out with a definite "to-do" list ...

2008 Looks To Be Much The Same As 2007 

Dec 28, 2007 - Larry Stalcup, BEEF contributing editor, Amarillo, TX.

The year 2007 will be logged as a year of high cattle prices marinated in uncertainty. And 2008 looks to be much the same. ...

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