Beef Magazine

DHS Publishes No-Match Proposal 

Mar 28, 2008 - By Burt Rutherford

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a supplemental proposed rulemaking for its no-match rule that was put on hold by a federal court in California last October. ...

Odds Plummet For Early Corn Planting 

Mar 28, 2008 - By John Pocock, Corn e-Digest newsletter

Intense rainfall that swept across much of the southern and eastern Corn Belt last week significantly reduces the odds that corn growers will be able to plant early in 2008, says Mike Palecki, regional climatologist at the Midwestern Regional Climate Center. ...

Prevention Is the Best Way To Deal With Grass Tetany 

Mar 28, 2008 - By Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension forage specialist

Rye, wheat and triticale are about ready to graze, and such fields can be a great resource. But they can cause health problems in cattle, among them grass tetany, says Bruce Anderson, ...

Three Key Industry Challenges To Growing Demand 

Mar 21, 2008 - By Troy Marshall

The beef industry has long understood that from a demand standpoint the mission is quite simple. We need to increase the number of customers, increase the average value of a typical ...

Getting The Most Out Of CRP 

Mar 13, 2008

Regulations now allow use of some Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields as pasture or hay periodically. But some advance thought work is needed to make the most ...

Is It Important Or Easy? 

Mar 13, 2008 - By Troy Marshall

Is it important or is it easy? – I believe there’s magic in that phrase. This simple question can do wonders for fixing your time-management issues and ensuring ...

JBS Becomes Industry's Dominant Player 

Mar 7, 2008 - Troy Marshall

I've always wondered if those who heard Abraham Lincoln give his Gettysburg Address, saw the first cell phone, or gazed at Jesus Christ crucified upon a cross, really ...

Administration's Farm Bill Requirements 

Mar 7, 2008 - P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

The Bush Administration sent the House and Senate Ag Committees its "Parameters of a Successful Farm Bill." The parameters outline the offsets the administration ...

Farm Costs Of Producing Switchgrass For Ethanol 

Mar 7, 2008

A team of USDA Ag Research Service (ARS) and University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) scientists say switchgrass, when used for cellulosic ethanol, yielded ...

Planning For A Successful Breeding Season 

Mar 7, 2008 - W. Mark Hilton, DVM, Purdue University

What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let's start with the bulls. ...

Some Tips For Value-Added Calf Health 

Mar 7, 2008 - Burt Rutherford

The person who first uttered those famous words, "if a little bit is good, a lot is better," probably didn't have a pistol-grip syringe in his hand. But, within reason, applying that thought to your branding and weaning ...

The Greening Of America WHAT'S THE BEEF? 

Mar 1, 2008 - By Larry Stalcup

America is getting at least in the minds of consumers concerned about the environment. From Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, to activists who condemn...

Feed Scramble 

Mar 1, 2008 - By Meghan Sapp

European consumers have long had an aversion to genetically modified organisms (GMO), be it in their food or in the feed used to rear their meat...

Planning for successful breeding 

Mar 1, 2008 - by W. Mark Hilton contributing editor

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 ...

Where will it end? 

Mar 1, 2008 - By Mike Fritz

Private grazing rates across the Western U.S. climbed more than 5% for the 12 months through January to $14.50/animal unit month (AUM). That’s up from last year’s 4.5% pace, according to the latest USDA January Cattle Survey. Yet, given the developing profit squeeze caused by steeply rising feed prices and other production costs, market participants say lease rates will eventually have to retreat...

Selecting Forages for Swathing 

Mar 1, 2008 - By Alaina Burt, Managing Editor

As snow cover begins to recede and the tractor no longer needs to be plugged in to feed hay, you might be wondering if there’s an easier way...

We Weren't Wrong; We Looked At The Wrong Things 

Feb 29, 2008 - Troy Marshall

That headline is how one cattleman characterized his failure to anticipate the changes that occurred in this industry the last couple of years. Looking back, he was ...

This Hallmark Greeting Is A Real Tear Jerker 

Feb 29, 2008 - Troy Marshall

The Hallmark/Westland story continues to garner headlines on a whole range of issues.

• The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) announced its intention to sue USDA over ...

  Calf Health Depends On The First 12 Hours 

  Feb 29, 2008 - Alaina Burt

  Just how important are the first 12 hours of a calf's life? Extremely, says Dave Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension veterinarian. "Those first 12 hours set them up for success ...

  KSU Testing Web-Based Smoke Management System 

  Feb 29, 2008

  Every spring, smoke from prescribed burns on Kansas' Flint Hills has the potential to affect air quality in eastern Kansas and surrounding states. But a new method of smoke modeling ...

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