The U.S. company known for inventing the premiere high-tension banding castration tool on the market is now introducing a lighter, sleeker version designed to bring the same humane, user-friendly technique to newborn calves, sheep and goats....
Many studies have shown that bull calves weigh at least 15% more at weaning than early castrated steer calves. Cow/calf producers that castrate their bull calves at an early age miss out on this improved gain from the bull’s natural testosterone....
The beef checkoff recognizes that today’s shoppers are avid mobile phone users and rarely leave home without taking their phone. That’s why the checkoff created Beef For Dinner, a free, mobile, streamlined version of the site consumers already know and love, BeefItsWhatsForDinner....
For welding applications that demand excellent weld penetration, high productivity rates and good low temperature impact strength, Hobart Brothers introduces its FabCO® Hornet gas-shielded flux-cored welding wire Designed as a general fabrication welding wire for mild or low alloy steels, the FabCO Hornet wire can be used in all positions with either 100 percent CO2 or a 75% Ar/25% CO2 shielding gas mixture....
With the grilling season beginning it is time to visit your local grocer or harvest a steer to stock up on great cuts of beef. Earlier this decade muscle-profiling research by scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Florida led to development of new beef products including the flat iron steak, now widely available in grocery stores and restaurants....
Pfizer Animal Genetics has made new advancements in Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM) diagnostics to improve its testing capacity. Investments in equipment and an improved testing methodology enable Pfizer to run larger numbers of samples more efficiently....
St. Joseph, Mo., December 10, 2008 – AgriLabs introduces Colostrx® 130 Colostrum Replacer, a complete replacement option for maternal colostrum. Colostrx 130 Colostrum Replacer contains a full 130 grams of globulin protein protection in every dose, the most of any other available colostrum replacer....
NEW YORK (Nov. 4, 2008) - Cattle producers can now treat foot rot with the most convenient, single-dose anti-infectives on the market-DRAXXIN(r) (tulathromycin) Injectable Solution and EXCEDE(r) (ceftiofur crystalline free acid) Sterile Suspension....
It's appropriate. The new book is called "Kenny's Shoes." Author Walt Barnhart calls his book "A walk through the storied life of the remarkable Kenneth W. Monfort," and it's a fascinating read....
(West Des Moines, Iowa) Tina Greiman, VetLife Product Manager, gives a big "thumbs up" to the implanting crews that participated in the introduction of the new Component® 200T and Component EZTM guns....
DES MOINES, Iowa---- Kemin Industries, Inc. announces the introduction of LYSOFORTE™ brand Biosurfactant into the United States market. LYSOFORTE, the only product of its kind worldwide for animal agriculture, enhances the absorption of fatty acids as well as other nutrients....
NEW YORK - Up to 76 percent of U.S. beef and dairy herds have bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) present, which producers can now help prevent with a single dose of the industry's most researched and best-selling viral vaccine - Bovi-Shield GOLD(r)....
Breeds of Cattle, 2nd Edition by Herman R. Purdy, R. John Dawes, Dr. Robert Hough with Revisions by Don Hutzel Foreward by Holstein U.S.A.'s CEO John M. Meyer The highly-anticpated second edition of Herman Purdy's classic 1987 Breeds of Cattle is now avilable for same day shipping....
The big question surrounding cellulosic ethanol is how we’re going to harvest the feedstock. Vermeer has introduced two solutions—605 Super M Cornstalk Special Round Baler and the CX770 Cob Harvester....
APPLETON, Wis., Aug. 28, 2008A new line of welding tools and accessories from Hobart Welding Products allows welders to free up their hands for greater control and faster setup. A series of heavy-duty clamps and fit-up magnets vary in strength and function for most welding situations encountered in the shop or garage....
The Angus Foundation invested $30,000 to initiate the development of a new online producer education tool for beef cattle reproduction in late 2007. The Angus Foundation is the not-for-profit affiliate of the American Angus Association® that funds and supports programs involving education, youth and research....
Beller Feedlot recently participated in a free chute-side ultrasound demonstration offered by The National CUP Lab (CUP). Based on CUP’s new exclusive ultrasound software sorting tool, Terry and Mike Beller entered a group of 62 steers in the Angus Source Carcass Challenge....
The loss of the United States’ No. 1 export market for beef was a huge blow after BSE was discovered in this country in December 2003. While the Japan market partially reopened two years later with the acceptance of beef from cattle 20 months of age and younger, the limited number of age-verified cattle reduced U....
NEW YORK (July 30, 2008) – The FDA recently approved new EXCENEL® RTU EZ (ceftiofur hydrochloride) Sterile Suspension to treat bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and foot rot. Studies show EXCENEL RTU EZ is significantly more syringeable when compared to EXCENEL RTU....
DE SOTO, Kan. (July 28, 2008) – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces the availability of Onset 5 IN, the first intranasally administered, five-way modified-live virus (MLV) vaccine for healthy cattle 3 to 8 days and older....
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