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!
BEEF POLL
USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration published a proposed rule June 22 that could prohibit packers from paying more for some cattle than others, and could derail current value-added marketing agreements between feedlots and packers.
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2007 BEEF Quality Summit Presentations
Beef Quality Assurance
Antibiotics Point & Counterpoint
A recent opinion column in the February issue of BEEF discusses antibiotic use in food-animal production. Included was an attack on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production ...
Beef Checkoff Support is stable Among U.S. Beef Producers
A survey of 1,200 beef and dairy producers nationwide conducted in late December 2009 and early January 2010 by Aspen Media & Market Research found that producer approval of the beef checkoff increased from 68% in 2009 to 69% in 2010...
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?” ...
From Our Columnists
High cost producers at a decided disadvantage
"Dumb luck can overwhelm knowledge and rational strategy in the short term. For the long haul, though, there is no substitute for...
Is a turnaround in the economy ahead?
Since the current biofuels era has negated the long-run effect of the traditional cattle cycle, ranch-management decisions have become more difficult...
Busting pinkeye in cattle
Growing up in Missouri, I saw firsthand the wonderful benefits that heat, humidity and high rainfall provide a fly population. Aside from the devastating production losses...
