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Naturally raised claim
USDA wants comments on its proposed voluntary standard for a naturally raised marketing claim for livestock and meat. Published in the Nov. 28 Federal...
Schafer tapped for USDA
President Bush has nominated former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer to be the next USDA Secretary. Having served as governor from 1992-2000, Schafer currently...
Get active in politics
In the last two election cycles, more agriculture leadership in the U.S. House and Senate has been lost than ever before, says John Queen, National Cattlemen's...
EPA looks for advice
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is forming a Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee to advise the EPA administrator on...
Grass-fed label finalized
USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) finalized a voluntary standard for a grass-fed livestock marketing claim. The grass-fed standard will be for...
Packer ban is a step backwards
At press time, the Senate Agriculture Committee had just included language that would place a ban on packer ownership of livestock - in the Senate version...
A Chat With USDA's Bruce Knight About National ID
BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly chatted this week with with Bruce Knight, USDA undersecretary for marketing, on National Animal Identification System (NAIS) issues. Here's a bit of the give and take. ...
Take A Stand For Economic Freedom
The U.S. Senate Ag Committee stuck its flag in solid socialistic rock recently by including an amendment to the Livestock Title of the 2007 farm bill that would ...
Packer-Ownership Ban Survives Senate Committee
The Senate Ag Committee included language that would place a ban on packer ownership of livestock in the Senate version of the farm bill. ...
Food safety commission
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, plans to mandate a Presidential Commission on Food Safety in the farm bill. Harkin...
Interstate shipment
The House farm bill provision that would allow for the interstate shipment of state-inspected meat has met objections in the Senate....
Horse Traitors
Horses are free for the asking. Sometimes they're even free without asking as unwanted horses turn up in sale barn pens, tied to someone's corral or are...
TAX DAY!
Thanksgiving dinner is planned. Christmas carols will soon tease the senses with promises of glad tidings to come. A New Year is just around the corner....
A Long, Thin Line
There are some words in an obscure country song that the tick riders along the Rio Grande River between Texas and Mexico can appreciate. It's a long,...
NAIS Business Plan Coming
USDA's effort to register America's livestock premises is picking up momentum, says Bruce Knight, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs....
ITC To Investigate Beef Trade
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched an investigation into the effects of animal health, sanitary and food safety measures on global beef trade and the impact of these and other restrictions on U.S. beef exports....
Water Resources Development Bill Passes Senate
The Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act by a vote of 81-12...
Ag Tax Package Proposed For Farm Bill
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) outlined his goals this week for the Senate Finance Committee to provide $8-10 billion for farm bill programs...
Payment Limitations Discussed In U.S. Senate
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate Ag Committee, has proposed a limit of $250,000/farm household on commodity payments. Under the proposal, payment limitations would be restricted...
Livestock Competition Provisions Pushed For Farm Bill
The National Farmers Union and other organizations are urging the Senate Ag Committee to include a "strong" livestock competition title in the farm bill...
Let The Games Begin
It's a high stakes game of chicken between the Bush Administration and Congress, says ag-labor consultant James S. Holt, and employers are the ones who...
TB funds
USDA has kicked in an additional $35 million in emergency funding for the bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication program. This is in addition to $2 million...
Canada testing regs
Effective Aug. 22, tuberculosis (TB) and brucellosis testing requirements for feeder cattle going to Canada have been eliminated, USDA's Animal and Plant...
Sign-Up Dates For New Disaster Programs Loom
USDA has announced sign-up dates for the new Livestock Compensation Program (LCP), Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), and Crop Disaster Program (CDP)...
UK Drawing Up Livestock Plans For Global Warming
In the U.S., the discussion on climate change has been slow in developing. But in Europe, where the topic of climate change is everyday conversation, the United Kingdom's (UK) ag community is laying out an action plan....
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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...
