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Cattle prices received by ranchers in Baker County and across the West have plunged 40 cents a pound since July due in part to changes in Americans’ eating habits triggered by the national recession....
Livestock Gross Margin Insurance (LGM) for Cattle is an insurance policy first offered in January 2006 through USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA). Prior to the release of LGM, Livestock Risk Protection Insurance (LRP) also was offered to producers as a livestock insurance product....
China lifted its controls on food prices December 1, 2008-- the latest sign of how drastically priorities have shifted from earlier this year, when the country was focused on fighting inflation. In mid-January, when prices seemed to be soaring out of control, the government stepped in to limit price increases on a wide range of food, including meat, grain, cooking oil and milk products....
In a time when most people have never set foot on a farm and assume that food originates from a grocery store, many farmers are incorporating "agritainment" (agricultural entertainment) into their operations as a means to educate the public and generate additional farm income....
Silvopasture offers cattlemen a way to diversify. This is an agroforestry practice specifically de-signed and managed for the production of trees, tree products, forage and livestock....
The beef industry has taken some hits in recent years -- some of them self-inflicted -- but can rebound on both the domestic and export fronts by overcoming some bad habits and focusing aggressively on consumer demands, said a Kansas State University livestock marketing specialist....
Selling or buying cattle? A cattle brucellosis, or “Bang’s” test is still required for changing ownership of adult cattle in Texas, says Dr. Bob Hillman, Texas’ state veterinarian....
KEARNEY, Neb. – About 2,000 U.S. producers will market grassfed beef valuing approximately $350 million retail this year, said Allen Williams at a recent University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Grassland Studies conference in Kearney....
Beefmaster Breeders United, BBU, has set Sunday, March 29, 2009 as the date for their Sixth National E6 Beefmaster Replacement Female Sale at the Columbus Livestock Co., Columbus, Tx. This sale features those highly sought after E6 Commercial Beefmaster females....
Sometimes we get so bogged down in the situation at hand that we forget to look ahead, and plan for the future. Doing so causes us to miss out on many opportunities that lay before us. This applies to the cattle market and market cycle as well....
Fall bull sales are here and cowmen are beginning to think about the type of bull they need and will purchase. In most cow-calf operations, bringing a new bull into the herd is the primary way of making genetic improvement and many of these new bulls are yearlings....
There are several approaches to dealing with drought in a beef cattle operation. You can buy extra feed, wean calves early, creep feed calves, sell calves or sell cows....
(Visalia, Calif.) – Superior Stampede, a division of Superior Livestock Auction, recently entered into a joint venture with the Union Ganadera Regional De Chihuahua (UGRCH), the cattlemen’s union for the state of Chihuahua, Mexico....
WASHINGTON,-The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reserving the use of animal identification numbers with the 840 prefix to only animals born in the United States....
Port City Stockyards announces their handling and sale of a large number of displaced cattle for several Anahuac area cowmen. A special sale of approximately 1000 cows will be conducted Sunday, September 28 at 12 Noon at Port City’s Sealy Livestock Auction on Highway 36 north of Sealy....
The U.S. beef industry achieved an important benchmark in July, as the value of beef exports for the first seven months of 2008 surpassed imports for the first time since the discovery of BSE closed most global markets to U....
The Federation of State Beef Councils (FSBC) has awarded 12 new grants through its Federation Initiative Fund to help underwrite beef promotions in states with high human populations but low cattle numbers and, therefore, limited beef checkoff collections....
The Louisiana timber industry could get a financial boost from the results of research to create new value-added products from small-diameter trees. Researchers at the LSU AgCenter recently received a $127,500 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to conduct a systematic study of making engineered, laminated composites from small-diameter timber, according to Dr....
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Ah, the allure of the sizzle, the smell of a flaming grill wafting in through the windows, the anticipation of that juicy steak or scrumptious burger. Taste buds tango at the thought – but, is it both safe and savory? September marks the 13th Annual National Food Safety Education Month and the beef checkoff is supporting the efforts of agencies such as the Food & Drug Administration, U....
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Overall demand for wood products is down, but one segment of the industry is experiencing stronger demand. Pulpwood prices are expected to reach, and possibly exceed, $10 a ton during the first half of 2008, which is almost double their level last summer, said Mississippi State University Extension Service forestry economist James Henderson....
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