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The COOL Compromise Is Typical Of The Beltway 

After years of delaying the implementation of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) because of the problems associated with the law, it had come down to crunch time. ...

Next Wave Of Beef Value Cuts To Roll Out Next Year 

A new line of Beef Value Cuts -- this time fabricated from the beef chuck roll -- is slated for a 2008 rollout, says the checkoff-funded Beef Innovations Group (BIG)....

Advanced Price Discovery 

USDA's adoption of instrument grading will provide more accurate, consistent and transparent carcass information to all beef-industry constituents producers,...

Price Insure Or Hedge? 

With the unheard-of volatility in corn prices and a virtual guarantee that high-cost feed won't go away, cow-calf producers might be wise to consider...

Being different pays 

Even with historically high cattle prices, buyers are willing to pay more for cattle that reduce their risk, be it in terms of health, the ability to...

COOL comment period reopens 

USDA has reopened the comment period for 60 days for the proposed rule for mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for beef, lamb, pork, perishable...

Trump unveils CAB line 

Donald Trump wants space on your backyard grill. The billionaire and the Sharper Image Corporation have teamed up to market Trump Steaks, which are exclusively...

The Truth About Organic Foods 

Hudson Institute scholar Alex Avery provides agriculturalists with insight from unimpeachable sources into the science and truth of organic foods and...

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From Our Columnists

Jim Gerrish

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...

Jim Gerrish Archive

Harlan Hughes

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...

Harlan Hughes Archive

Mark Hilton

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...

Vet's Opinion Archive

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