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USDA Permits CRP Use For Livestock Needs
USDA this week authorized certain acreage enrolled under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to be ...
USDA To Ban All Downer Cattle
The industry has taken some severe hits on the animal welfare front recently because cattle that pass the initial veterinary inspection at a packing plant...
Time To Re-evaluate The Checkoff
How quickly things change. Not that long ago, it looked like the golden era of beef production had arrived – we had arrested the decline in beef demand, it ...
Reduced Checkoff Budget Recommended
The Beef Promotion Operating Committee has recommended a $45.8 million Cattlemen’s Beef Board budget ...
Beef Exports Continue Upward Trend
In the first quarter of 2008, U.S. beef exports increased 37% over the first quarter of 2007 to 117,730 metric tons (mt) (259.5 million lbs.) and beef variety ...
Vets Group Approves Horse-Transport Policy
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recently approved a new policy on the humane transport of equines which reaffirms the organization’s opposition to double-deck...
Spring Storms Can Bring Unexpected Problems
Cattle will eat just about anything that looks interesting in the pasture, says Dave Sparks, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension veterinarian and area food animal quality and health specialist...
Rising Food Prices & Small Firms
The House of Representatives Small Business Committee held a hearing on rising food prices and their effects on the food chain...
Read About Cow Size In American Cowman Update
The latest issue of American Cowman Update is now available at www.americancowman.com...
Ranchers’ Roundup Set For May 20 In Sonora, TX
Ranching amid skyrocketing grain and fuel prices will be the focus of this year’s Ranchers' Roundup set for May 20 in Sonora’s Sutton County Civic Center...
New Portal Web Site Introduced
www.RuralClassifieds.com is a new portal website that directs visitors to five internet sites serving America's farmers, ranchers, businesses and residents with free classified ads. A single log-in allowing...
More Than 500 Groups Support Farm Bill
A broad coalition of 557 organizations representing general farm organizations, commodity groups, specialty crops, conservation, nutrition, consumer and religious organizations sent a letter to all members...
Meat & Poultry Promotion Coalition Support Farm Bill
The Meat and Poultry Promotion Coalition sent a letter to the leadership of the Senate and House Ag Committees stating its support of the Livestock Title of the 2008 farm bill and urged House and Senate members to support the bill...
Legal Defense Fund Moves To Stop NAIS
Attorneys for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund today sent a Notice of Intent to Sue letter to USDA and the Michigan Department of Ag (MDA) over implementation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)...
Korean Lawmakers Threaten Lawsuit Over U.S. Beef
South Korean lawmakers opposed to the fuller reopening of beef trade with the U.S. are threatening a lawsuit to stop the plan...
Kansas Program Targets Animal-Borne Ailments
The Kansas Animal Health Department unveiled a program in Great Bend this week aimed at halting the spread of animal disease and identifying the source within 48 hours...
Improve Your Marketing Skills With MarketMaxx
If you’re not yet playing MarketMaxx – the corn and soybean marketing game that can win you one year’s use of a new Gleaner combine or an AGCO tractor...
Gasoline And Diesel Surge To New Average Highs
The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline jumped 10.9¢ for the week ending May 12 to an all-time high of $3.722/gal...
Ethanol Beneath Their Wings
Lovers may croon that the object of their affection is the “wind beneath their wings.” For farmers, it’s been ethanol....
Bryce Schumann Named Angus CEO
Bryce Schumann, Lecompton, KS, is the new CEO of the American Angus Association (AAA), effective June 13...
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Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
