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USDA Supports FDA Position On Animal Drugs

published: July 29th 2010 source: Des Moines Register

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....

Marketing

Beef Imports And Exports, Lots Of Dynamics

published: July 28th 2010 by: Stu Ellis source: Farm Gate

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....

Industry News

Groups Back GIPSA

published: July 27th 2010 source: KTIC

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....

Industry News

Cattle Numbers At Lowest in 37 Years

published: July 26th 2010 source: Bloomberg News Service

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....

Industry News

Grandin To Be Honored

published: July 24th 2010 source: NCBA

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....

Industry News

Extension Cuts Employees State Wide

published: July 23rd 2010 by: Kathleen Phillips source: TAMU Ag Communications

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....

Marketing

Study Shows Buying Local Doesn’t Necessarily Save Fuel

published: July 22nd 2010 by: Rachel Hutton source: Citypages.com

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....

Industry News

USDA Reconsiders Employee’s Job Over Race Remark

published: July 21st 2010 by: Mary Claire Jalonick and Ben Evans source: AP/Dallas Morning News

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....

Industry News

Making A Difference For Wildlife Affected by Oil Spill

published: July 20th 2010 by: Beverly Mosely source: USDA-NRCS

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....

Industry News

Estate Tax Set To Return To 55% Unless Congress Acts

published: July 19th 2010 source: NCBA

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%....

Marketing

Feedlot Information For Study

published: July 17th 2010 by: Kris Ringwall

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....

Herd Health

Fly Control Important To Beef And Dairy Production

published: July 16th 2010 by: Jennifer Stewart source: Purdue University

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....

Industry News

NCBA Asks For Extension ON GIPSA Rules

published: July 15th 2010 source: KVRN

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....

Industry News

Lee Adair Passes Away

published: July 13th 2010 source: Corpus Christi Caller Times

Oscar "Lee" Adair, age 86, passed away peacefully, Saturday, July 10, 2010 surrounded by loved ones....

Industry News

New Landowner Course Set For October

published: July 12th 2010 by: Dr. Larry Redmon source: TAMU Ag Communications

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....

Marketing

USDA Says Rally Over For Cattle and Hogs

published: July 12th 2010 source: USDA

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....

Pastures & Forages

World Cup Turf Developed By East Texan

published: July 10th 2010 by: Robert Burns source: TAMU Ag Communications

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....

Genetics & Performance

Reusable Bio-Chips Supports Cattle Genotyping

published: July 9th 2010 source: Catle Business Weekly

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....

Industry News

Beef Cattle Short Course to showcase new techonology, herd management practices

published: July 9th 2010 source: Texas Agri-Life Extension Service

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....

Pastures & Forages

Livestock fences should be more than a mental barrier

published: July 9th 2010 by: Robert Wells source: Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

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....