Cattle Market Update
From Steve Kay, editor and publisher of Cattle Buyers Weekly. Catch a roundup of each week’s cattle-market activity every Friday afternoon! View the market review now!
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2007 BEEF Quality Summit Presentations
Beef Quality Assurance
Antibiotics & Animals Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Livestock is Important
Antibiotic use in livestock agriculture is among the hottest topics in U.S. beef production. The conventional wisdom is that the use of antibiotics and...
Study Finds No Red Meat-Breast Cancer Link
A study by the National Institutes of Health and the American Association of Retired Persons concluded there is no link between a high intake of meat and increased risk of breast cancer...
Cattle Material Is Not Hazardous Waste
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that “cattle material prohibited in animal feed” ...
Meat of the Matter
If you're an industry manager, consumer or educator looking for the factual story on U.S. livestock production, Meat of the Matter is the definitive book...
Technology makes agriculture better more efficient
Perhaps the only thing more futile than doing perfectly something that needs not be done is searching high and low for opportunities while ignoring those...
Costco Weighs In On Animal Rights Debate
An article in The Costco Connection published by retail giant Costco asks the question, “Should Animals Have the Same Rights as People?” ...
NIAA To Examine Changing Face Of Animal Ag
“The Changing Face of Animal Agriculture” is the theme of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) 2009 Annual Meeting set for March 31-April 1 in Louisville, KY....
HSUS Continues State-By-State Campaign
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois legislature that’s nearly identical to California’s Proposition 2. ...
From Our Columnists
Advocate or Perish
"While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions toward new advances in agricultural science and technology, and pay...
Don't Market Like 2008
Many ranchers' first inclination in marketing their 2009 calves is to base it on their 2008 calf crop experiences. That could be a serious mistake...
No Silver Bullet
I was so impressed with Richard Roth's letter to the editor that I thought it deserved some follow-up...
























