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Beef 706 Shows Other Side Of Cattle
published: September 2nd 2010 by: Blair Fannin source: TAMU Ag Communications
Seldom does a cattle producer get an inside look at how their calves are processed and shipped to the retail meat case. However, a group of producers recently got that unique opportunity - and came away learning a lot more about what happens to their cattle once they leave the ranch - at the recent Beef 706 program....
Industry News
Brazil Provides Lesson In Feeding The World
published: September 1st 2010 source: The Economist
By 2050, the world's population will hit 9 billion—so how will we feed everyone? The answer, according to a recent article in The Economist, is that we will have to become more like Brazil. In "The Miracle of the Cerrado," the publication examines the giant farms that have transformed Brazilian agriculture over the last 30 years, and how other countries might be able to learn from them to become more productive: In less than 30 years Brazil has turned itself from a food importer into one of the world's great breadbaskets....
Industry News
Science Contradicts HSUS Claims Concerning Salmonella and Cage Free Eggs
published: August 31st 2010 source: Center For Consumer Freedom
Washington, DC - Despite recent claims to the contrary from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), recent poultry science does not support the conclusion that expensive "cage-free" egg production lowers the public-health risk from Salmonella, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) said today....
Production
Considersations For Culling Cows
published: August 30th 2010 by: Daryl Stohbehn and Byron Leu, Iowa State
With the recent changes in feed and pasture costs, many producers are searching for ways to improve feed utilization, improve herd efficiency, and reduce feed and pasture costs....
Industry News
Beef Views Clash
published: August 28th 2010 source: KTIC
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Hundreds of impassioned ranchers from around the country clashed at a workshop Friday over a proposed federal rule that aims to preserve competition in a livestock industry dominated by a handful of corporate giants....
Industry News
Technology Leads Battle Against Food Borne Diseases
published: August 27th 2010 source: KTIC
High-tech imaging can now be used to distinguish the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter from other microorganisms. A research team led by ARS electronics engineer Seung-Chul Yoon at ARS’s Quality and Safety Assessment Research Unit in Athens, Georgia, developed the imaging technique called hyperspectral imaging, to detect Campylobacter colonies on solid media in 24 hours....
Industry News
Seminars Scheduled Concerning Transmission Lines
published: August 26th 2010 source: TSCRA
AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Texas Wildlife Association (TWA) and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) are teaming up to offer landowners a series of five educational seminars featuring expert information on the electric transmission line process (CREZ) and options for private landowners who may be impacted by the proposed transmission line routes....
Industry News
Beef Checkoff Approval Remains High
published: August 25th 2010 by: Melissa Slagle source: Beef Board News
Seventy-two percent of beef and dairy producers continue to be “somewhat” or “very” well informed about the program and 72 percent approve of the checkoff, according to a recent survey of producers....
Production
More Beef From Less
published: August 24th 2010 by: Rod Smith source: Foodstuffs Foodlink
The world's growing population will need increasingly more food, including meat, but it must be produced from fewer resources using intensification and technology. Multiplying the world's population by its consumption of food does not equal a healthy planet -- the multiplication result is not balanceable or sustainable, according to Dr....
Weather Forecast
Agriculture Weather Forecast - La Nina Its Impact
published: August 23rd 2010 by: Weather Wise by Brain Bledsoe
Weather Wise Sponsored By: Silveus Insurance Group Rangeland Division 1-866-556-7446 Hey folks, hope everyone is having a good Summer. Where does it go? It seems like Summer is over before it even starts....
Industry News
Animal Rights Hold Conferences To Rally Support
published: August 21st 2010 source: NAFB
The animal rights movement recharged its knowledge base last month during the Animal Rights 2010 Conference and the Humane Society of the United States-hosted Taking Action for Animals programs in Washington, D....
Industry News
Producers Have Right To Be Pro-Active
published: August 20th 2010 by: Dave Bergmeier source: Abilene Reflector Chronicle
Farmers and ranchers have a vested interest in watching what animal rights groups do because they have a direct impact on the livestock industry, according to an expert who monitors such developments....
Industry News
Puerto Rican cattlemen attend the A&M Beef Short Course annually
published: August 20th 2010 by: Martha Hollida Garrett
The Texas A&M Beef Short Course always draws a crowd of close to 2,000 producers from several states to learn the latest industry news, technology and beef practices. In attendance this year was Vanessa Sanchez, a registered Angus and commercial cow-calf operator from Puerto Rico....
Columnists
The Texas Side Of Things
published: August 20th 2010 by: Jim Banner
I’ll admit it…I’m not a big fan of August; in fact it would be safe to say that it is my least favorite month of the year. I’m not exactly for sure why I don’t like August but it could be that it tends to be the hottest month of the year or maybe I always realize that summer is nearly over and I must prepare myself once again to live according to a structured schedule....
Columnists
Texas Tales
published: August 20th 2010 by: Mike Cox
On June 29, during a gun battle in Juarez, Mexico, seven stray AK 47 rifle rounds flew across the Rio Grande and hit city hall in downtown El Paso. No one got hurt – at least on the Texas side of the river – but violence in another country had spilled over into the United States....
Industry News
Massive floodwaters could benefit South Texas wildlife
published: August 20th 2010 by: Rod Santa Ana
Historic floodwaters rushing through the Lower Rio Grande Valley as a result of Hurricane Alex bring both good and bad news for the area's ecology, according to an official with the Texas Water Resources Institute....
Industry News
Letter to the editor...
published: August 20th 2010
The following letter was received concerning our story in the August 6th, 2010 edition concerning Mike Rowe as an advocate for agriculture. Southern Live-stock Publishing’s (SLP) purpose in the story was to point out that Rowe was speaking on behalf of agriculture, not to take a negative position on banding....
Industry News
E.C. Larkin, Jr. named the TBA Beef Booster of the Year for 2010
published: August 20th 2010
Gulf Coast Cattleman magazine publisher E. C. Larkin, Jr. of San Antonio, Texas was recently named as the Texas Brahman Association’s 2010 Beef Booster of the Year. Since 1962, the Texas Brahman Association has recognized a deserving person or entity for outstanding contributions to the beef industry and counts a distinguished list of industry leaders, doers, and thinkers among its recipients....
Industry News
Bexar County 4-H’ers to receive almost a quarter-million dollars in SALE, other scholarships
published: August 20th 2010
SAN ANTONIO - Recently, State Rep.Mike Villarreal, District 123, announced that several recent high school graduates, all members of area 4-H clubs, will be receiving almost a quarter-million dollars in scholarships....
Industry News
Extension expert: Keep expenses in check when in cattle business
published: August 20th 2010 by: Blair Fannin
COLLEGE STATION – Watching the bottom line in an operation is more important than ever in the cattle business, and there’s not much room for equipment-related purchases that aren’t absolutely necessary, according to an expert with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service....
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