The USDA affirmed it supports the idea that there is a link between human health and the use of antibiotics in animals. USDA chief veterinarian John Clifford said the department believes "the use of antimicrobials in animal agriculture does lead to some cases of antimicrobial resistance among humans and in animals themselves....
Cowboys have a love-hate relationship with the market. They love it when the market buys their cattle and ships them overseas to hungry consumers, but they hate it when cattle come into this country and dilute the demand for USA beef....
A coalition of 66 farm, consumer, rural and rural development organizations from across the United States believe that GIPSA is well within its authority to issue proposed regulations clarifying how the agency intends to administer and enforce the nearly 90-year-old Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921....
The U.S. beef-cow herd on July 1 was the smallest in at least 37 years as farmers remained wary of beef demand during the economic recovery after losing money in the past two years. The beef-breeding herd totaled 31....
World-renowned cattle-care advocate Dr. Temple Grandin will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) upcoming Summer Conference in Denver....
COLLEGE STATION - Officials have completed the difficult task of notifying employees whose jobs with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service will end between now and Oct. 31. The personnel cutback affects 94 jobs - 31 vacant positions that will not be filled and 63 occupied positions that will be eliminated agencywide....
Do you know where your meat is from? Is local always better? Not necessarily in terms of transportation fuel use, a recent USDA report determined. The details of the report, recently produced by several economists and academics, including a few contributors from the University of Minnesota, makes a distinction between between the idea of total food miles and the amount of transportation fuel burned per pound of food....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The woman at the center of a racially tinged firestorm involving the Obama administration and the NAACP said Wednesday she doesn't know if she'd return to her job at the Agriculture Department, even if asked....
As the first tar balls from the Gulf Oil Spill begin to hit Texas beaches, farmers and ranchers from Texas’ coastal counties are streaming into local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field offices to sign up for the USDA’s first ever Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative program....
Only 30 legislative days are left on the Congressional calendar until the estate tax reverts back to its staggering pre-2001 levels. If Congress fails to act, starting Jan. 1, 2011, farm estates worth a mere $1 million will be taxed at a rate of 55%....
A feedlot closeout at the Dickinson Research Extension Center came across my desk and with it came the usual first question. Did the lot come up with some cash for the operation? Yes was the answer for lot 9315....
Whether in the pasture or the barn, fly control is an essential part of keeping healthy dairy and beef cattle herds, said Purdue University entomologist Ralph Williams. In pasture cattle the two primary fly pests are horn flies, which are a biting fly, and face flies....
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has requested a 120-day extension to the public comment period for USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s proposed rule on livestock marketing....
Oscar "Lee" Adair, age 86, passed away peacefully, Saturday, July 10, 2010 surrounded by loved ones....
COLLEGE STATION - The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will host a new landowner workshop Oct. 12-15 in College Station designed to help promote a better understanding of resource management. "A number of topics will be covered both in the classroom and in the field with demonstrations as part of our (Ranch Management University) program," said Dr....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is saying that the rally in cattle and hog prices that dominated the commodity markets the first half of this year is basically over, primarily because of weak demand....
OVERTON -- You might call it a world-class save. To rescue soccer fields being used for the World Cup in South Africa, grounds managers used a turfgrass bred and developed near Overton in East Texas....
Fluidigm Corporation has developed the world's first reusable bio-chip architecture for the commercial market. These reusable integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) will dramatically lower SNP genotyping costs and are designed to support accelerated sample throughput, while maintaining data quality of 99....
COLLEGE STATION - Basic beef cattle production tools and the latest technology available to ranchers will be showcased at the 56th Annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course scheduled August 2-4. The Texas AgriLife Extension Service sponsors the three-day short course on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station....
Everyone has heard the expression “good fences make good neighbors.” This has never been truer than in today’s world. Many counties have closed range laws, meaning that if livestock gets out of a pasture and causes damage such as an automobile accident, the owner of the livestock is liable....
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