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Union Targets Oregon Feedlot; Whole Foods Caves
Amidst record high feed and fuel prices, the Beef Northwest feedlot in Boardman, OR, has found itself ...
Cattlemen SPEAK
While U.S. beef producers are worried in the short term, they're mostly optimistic in the long-term about the future of the industry. The majority also...
The Toughening Of America
Let's face it for the last decade it's been pretty fun to be in the cow-calf business, says Tom Field, Colorado State University professor of beef cattle...
Legislation Aimed At Freezing RFS Introduced
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced legislation to freeze the mandate to produce corn-based ...
What To Expect From Mandatory COOL
With a new farm bill now on the books, USDA soon should be rolling out all of the important info on mandatory country...
Fuel Prices Forcing Big Retirement Of Trucks
An article in the New York Times this week cited a report by America’s Commercial Transportation Research group that says 45,000 tractors,...
Senate To Consider Farm Bill Again
When the Senate returns next week after its Memorial Day recess, it will consider the farm bill (H.R. 6124) again with the trade title included. The House ...
USDA Permits CRP Use For Livestock Needs
USDA this week authorized certain acreage enrolled under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to be ...
USDA To Ban All Downer Cattle
The industry has taken some severe hits on the animal welfare front recently because cattle that pass the initial veterinary inspection at a packing plant...
Time To Re-evaluate The Checkoff
How quickly things change. Not that long ago, it looked like the golden era of beef production had arrived – we had arrested the decline in beef demand, it ...
Reduced Checkoff Budget Recommended
The Beef Promotion Operating Committee has recommended a $45.8 million Cattlemen’s Beef Board budget ...
Beef Exports Continue Upward Trend
In the first quarter of 2008, U.S. beef exports increased 37% over the first quarter of 2007 to 117,730 metric tons (mt) (259.5 million lbs.) and beef variety ...
Vets Group Approves Horse-Transport Policy
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recently approved a new policy on the humane transport of equines which reaffirms the organization’s opposition to double-deck...
Spring Storms Can Bring Unexpected Problems
Cattle will eat just about anything that looks interesting in the pasture, says Dave Sparks, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension veterinarian and area food animal quality and health specialist...
Rising Food Prices & Small Firms
The House of Representatives Small Business Committee held a hearing on rising food prices and their effects on the food chain...
Read About Cow Size In American Cowman Update
The latest issue of American Cowman Update is now available at www.americancowman.com...
Ranchers’ Roundup Set For May 20 In Sonora, TX
Ranching amid skyrocketing grain and fuel prices will be the focus of this year’s Ranchers' Roundup set for May 20 in Sonora’s Sutton County Civic Center...
New Portal Web Site Introduced
www.RuralClassifieds.com is a new portal website that directs visitors to five internet sites serving America's farmers, ranchers, businesses and residents with free classified ads. A single log-in allowing...
More Than 500 Groups Support Farm Bill
A broad coalition of 557 organizations representing general farm organizations, commodity groups, specialty crops, conservation, nutrition, consumer and religious organizations sent a letter to all members...
Meat & Poultry Promotion Coalition Support Farm Bill
The Meat and Poultry Promotion Coalition sent a letter to the leadership of the Senate and House Ag Committees stating its support of the Livestock Title of the 2008 farm bill and urged House and Senate members to support the bill...
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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...
