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Industry News
Master of Beef Advocacy Program Extends Its Influence
published: February 4th 2012 by: Melissa Slagle source: Cattlemen’s Beef Board
More than 40 graduates of the beef checkoff-funded Masters of Beef Advocacy (MBA) program took their training to a new level during the 2012 National Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Tradeshow at the Gaylord Opryland hotel in Nashville, Tenn....
Industry News
Proposed Child Labor Laws Changes Stopped For Now
published: February 3rd 2012 source: Agri-Pulse
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division Wednesday announced that it will re-propose the portion of its regulation on child labor in agriculture interpreting the "parental exemption....
Industry News
NCBA Meets In Nashville
published: February 2nd 2012 source: NCBA
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) President Bill Donald said with roughly 6,000 cattlemen and women registered for the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, the event offers something for everyone....
Production
Expansion Of Cowherd May Be Starting
published: February 1st 2012 by: Phyllis Picklesimer source: University of Illinois
Although beef supplies will be very short for several more years, the USDA's Cattle report indicates that the very early stages of beef cattle expansion have begun as beef heifer retention has increased a modest 1 percent, said Chris Hurt, a Purdue University Extension economist....
Pastures & Forages
Recent Rains Bring Optimism For Growers
published: January 31st 2012 by: William Pack source: MySA.com
Recent showers have provided a boost for both plants and the spirits of area farmers that had been deflated by a record-breaking drought. “It's 100 times better than last year, or it seems like it....
Production
Cattle Inventory Declines
published: January 30th 2012 source: NASS
U.S. Cattle Herd Smaller USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service reports the January 1 Cattle Inventory is down two-percent. All cattle and calves in the United States totaled 90.8-million head....
Industry News
Texas Cattle Inventories Lowest Since 1960
published: January 28th 2012 by: Blair Fannin source: Texas AgriLife
COLLEGE STATION – Historic drought conditions took a toll on the Texas cow herd in 2011 as more than 150,000 head left the state for greener pastures – three times more than the 45,000 recorded in 2010, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist....
Production
Meat, Fat, Size And Quality
published: January 27th 2012 by: Kris Ringwald, beef specialist source: NDSU Extension Service
Meat, fat, carcass size and carcass quality are four factors in the beef industry that never go away. One could even say this is why the beef industry exists. The challenge for the beef producer is to align those four factors correctly and then try to integrate the calves produced into the current market....
Industry News
The New Cattle Drive
published: January 26th 2012 by: Stayton Bonner source: Mens Journal
After 150 years, some of the last surviving Texas cattle ranches are pulling up stakes. Fighting the worst single-year drought in state history and wildfires that have claimed close to 4 million acres, Texas ranchers have begun selling off their herds or shipping them north to greener pastures, in numbers not seen since the Dust Bowl days....
Industry News
Changes Coming To Subsidized School Lunches
published: January 25th 2012 by: Mary Clare Jalonick source: Associated Press
First lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are expected to announce Wednesday that most school meals, including pizza, will have less sodium, more whole grains and more fruits and vegetables as sides....
Industry News
Drought Leads To Additional Abandoned Livestock-Mainly Horses
published: January 24th 2012 by: Sean Murphy source: Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State and agriculture officials launched a program Monday to help local law enforcement agencies overwhelmed with trying to care for an increasing number of abandoned animals and livestock....
Industry News
USDA Extends Conservation Stewardship Program Sign-Up to January 27
published: January 23rd 2012 source: USDA
TEMPLE, TX, January 20 – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has extended the cut-off date for the current Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) ranking period to January 27, 2012....
Industry News
Obama Administration Wants to Combine FSIS and FDA
published: January 21st 2012 source: Food Safety News
There’s long been talk about creating a single federal food safety agency. That may become a reality if Congress grants the Obama Administration authority to reorganize the government. Such efforts are already underway following last week’s announcement to close more than 250 USDA-based offices across the country, as well as combining the commerce and trade offices....
Production
Buying Bulls And Replacement Heifers And Analyzing Increasing Costs
published: January 20th 2012 by: Kris Ringwald, beef specialist source: North Dakota State Extension
Have you ever been shorted by $1.43? It is quite irritating, especially if one is not talking candy bars. Spending money on bulls is a time to ponder. No one wants to part with hard-earned dollars, and it seems like it is easier to pay those outside one’s industry than the neighbor....
Marketing
Texas Auction Barns Reveal The Continued Effects Of Drought
published: January 19th 2012 by: Katharine Shilcutt source: HoustonPress.com
At a cattle auction under brilliant blue skies in Longview, the ring of wooden seats surrounding the auction floor is nearly empty. The weekly auction takes place here every Thursday starting at noon, although precious few buyers or sellers show up anymore....
Production
Cattle Prices, Beef Prices, All Going Up But At Different Levels
published: January 18th 2012 by: Dr. Darrell Peel source: Oklahoma Farm Report
Cattle prices are at record high levels and will push even higher in 2012 and beyond. According to OSU Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel, retail beef prices are increasing and will push higher but it is uncertain how much and how fast....
Marketing
China Big Buyer of Beef In 2011
published: January 17th 2012 by: Dan Pillar source: DesMoinesRegister.com
China, a good customer of U.S. pork but seldom a factor in beef purchases, showed up as a big buyer of beef at the very end of the 2011 marketing year in the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture weekly export summary....
Industry News
Dr. Russell Cross Named Texas A&M University Animal Science Dept Head
published: January 16th 2012 source: Texas AgriLife
The announcement was made by Dr. Mark A. Hussey, vice chancellor and dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Cross currently is a professor and the interim department head. “I’m pleased to have someone of Dr....
Industry News
California Cattle Farm Attacked by Terrorists
published: January 14th 2012 source: KTIC
Animal rights extremists have taken credit for Sunday's attack on the largest feed yard in California where arsonists destroyed 14 trucks used to transport cattle. In an anonymous communiqué, the Animal Liberation Front indicated that - containers of accelerant were placed beneath a row of 14 trucks....
Marketing
Time To Analyze Marketing Weights Of Calves
published: January 13th 2012 by: Robert Burns source: Texas AgriLife
OVERTON – “Rain or shine, wet or dry, do you want to make more money from your cows next year?” asks a Texas AgriLife Research forage scientist. “It’s possible primarily as today’s high-priced corn has changed the way feedlots are doing business,” said Dr....
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