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Marketing
Prices, Incentives and Margins in the Beef Industry
published: March 28th 2012 by: Dr. Derrell Peel source: Oklahoma State University Extension
It is a fact that cattle and beef prices tend to go up and down together. It is also a fact that cattle and beef prices do not usually go up and down by the same amount and at the same time. It is this second fact that creates so much of the short term dynamics in cattle and beef markets....
Industry News
BPI Forced To Lay Off Workers Over Media’s False Reporting
published: March 27th 2012 by: Travis Ruiz source: amarilloconnect.com
AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Hundreds of people are now without a job. That's because Beef Products Inc. is suspending operations at its Amarillo plant amid a public outcry about "pink slime." Amarillo's plant is one of three plants with operations being suspended....
Herd Health
FDA To Study Antibiotic Use In Livestock
published: March 26th 2012
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it was studying a federal judge's order that it consider withdrawing two popular antibiotics from use in livestock. In a ruling issued March 23rd, U....
Industry News
Mobile Internet Use Highest In Texas
published: March 24th 2012 source: Connected Texas
Austin, TX – Connected Texas is releasing a new report focusing on mobile broadband adoption and use across the state. With mobile Internet expected to soon makeup about four out of five broadband subscriptions around the world, the new Texas Goes Mobile: Mobile Broadband Adoption and Satisfaction Across Texas report gives an in-depth look at how and why Texans are using the technology....
Genetics & Performance
Milk EPD An Accurate Indicator Of Milk Production And Calf Performance
published: March 23rd 2012 by: Rick Rasby, PhD source: University of Nebraska
In a long-term study, Oklahoma State University researchers mated crossbred cows to Angus or Hereford bulls that were either very high or very low for milk expected progeny differences (EPDs). The difference in High and Low Milk EPDs for Angus sires was 27....
Industry News
Drought Costs Texas Agriculture $7.62 Billion
published: March 22nd 2012 by: Blair Fannin source: Texas AgrlLife
Texas agricultural losses due to the 2011 drought reached a record $7.62 billion, making it the most costly drought in history, according to updated totals by Texas AgriLife Extension Service economists....
Feed & Nutrition
Boosting The Diet Of Stocker Calves
published: March 21st 2012 by: D.L. Rankins, Jr., S.E. Peacock and J.T. source: Auburn University Extension
Each year, thousands of calves are purchased from sale bams during the fall and fed or grazed throughout the winter as stocker cattle to sell in the spring. Often these calves lose weight or make slow gains during the first month after purchase, but AAES research indicates that feeding them specially formulated diets can provide a boost in growth....
Reproduction
Sexed Semen Could Be Important Tool In Rebuilding The Nation’s Cowherd
published: March 19th 2012 by: Howell Medders source: Farm Talk
The number of cattle and calves in the United States has dropped to the lowest level since the 1950s, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Mike Looper, head of the Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said beef producers have been selling cattle in response to record high beef prices and near record costs of production, especially feed and fuel....
Industry News
Youth “Telling the Beef Story” Video Blog Contest Launched
published: March 17th 2012 source: MyBeefCheckoff.com
The Beef Checkoff launched a new video blog contest designed to engage youth in telling the beef story using the power of YouTube. Videos must be two minutes or less and will focus on one of eight beef related topics, including common beef misconceptions, cattle care, beef’s nutritional value and more....
Industry News
Petition Leads USDA To Offer Schools Choice On Lean Finely Textured Beef, Now Known As Pink Slime
published: March 16th 2012 by: Helena Bottemiller source: Food Safety News
In response to nationwide concern among parents and school service providers about 'pink slime' being purchased by the national school lunch program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that next year it will give school districts the ability to choose whether they will serve the ammoniated beef product....
Industry News
Pfizer Rejects Novartis’ Offer
published: March 15th 2012 source: UPI.com
Pfizer Inc. has turned down a preliminary offer from Swiss drug company Novartis AG to buy its animal health business, sources told The Wall Street Journal. The initial offer was $16 billion but Pfizer rejected that as too low....
Industry News
Women Agents Demonstrated Their Importance To Texas History
published: March 14th 2012 source: Texas AgrlLife
COLLEGE STATION – An important but often overlooked part of Texas history can be found by following the footsteps of early Extension educators — home demonstration agents who began teaching practical information and household management skills to Texas families a century ago this year, said Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts....
Production
Make The Best Of Drought As You Move Forward
published: March 13th 2012 by: Dr. Glenn Selk source: Cow-Calf Corner
The hot, dry weather of 2011 across the Southern Plains certainly created a hardship for commercial cow calf operations that are short of standing and stored forage. Water supplies also are limited in many areas....
Industry News
The Facts About LFTB
published: March 10th 2012 source: Bovine Veterinarian
March 8, 2012, OAKLAND, CA -- ABC World News ran a story yesterday focused on the claims of two disgruntled scientists formerly with USDA. These men deride Lean Finely-Textured Beef (LFTB) as nothing but “pink slime....
Herd Health
Scours, How Do We Know What We Are Looking At?
published: March 9th 2012 by: Dr. Russ Daly source: South Dakota Extension
Having cases of diarrhea occur in baby calves presents the cow-calf producer with many questions—the first of which may be, “What germ is causing this problem?” There are some good reasons to know the answer to that question....
Industry News
Stopping the food fight
published: March 9th 2012 by: Kendra Gordon
Arguments tend to be commonplace in today’s society – from the political arena to the food at the grocery store. Of the latter topic, Melissa Kinch, a public relations specialist, notes, “Everyone is talking about food, but it has almost turned into a food war between consumers and producers....
Industry News
Bulls, commercial females sell strong at San Antonio
published: March 9th 2012
In the 2012, 21st Annual San Antonio All Breed Bull and Commercial Female Sale held February 14th and 15th at the San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo, 514 head of cattle, 74 bulls and 440 females sold for a gross of $1,197,675....
Columnists
AgriLife Tips
published: March 9th 2012 source: Texas AgriLife Extension Service
EVALUATION OF PASTURE HEALTH As we experience droughts, we are reminded that forage production on our pastures is not a guarantee and that we should manage our livestock enterprises in such a manner that when drought strikes we are prepared, so we can minimize the damage to our forage base as much as possible during drought....
Industry News
San Antonio Grand Champion Steer brings record $112,000
published: March 9th 2012
San Antonio – The Junior Market Steer Auction was held on February 25, 2012 at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo (SALE). The Grand Champion Steer exhibitor, Caeley Cody is from Weatherford, Texas....
Industry News
The wild side of ranching seminar set
published: March 9th 2012 by: Kay Ledbetter
The Texas AgriLife Ex-tension Service’s Ranch Management University, scheduled April 9-13, will address several wildlife to-pics this year to aid those managing for more than just livestock, according to an AgriLife Extension specialist....
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