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May 1, 2009
Cover Story
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Diana Barto
Hold the rice. Hold the potatoes. Hold the pasta. The low-fat diet our government has been serving up through USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans...
What about exercise?
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
If obesity isn't a disorder of sedentary behavior, as Gary Taubes argues in his book Good Calories, Bad Calories, how does exercise fit into the equation?...
Features
COLD Calculation instrument grading of beef carcasses
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Walt Barnhart
Three decades of carcass-grading research and data collection will soon begin to pay dividends for the beef industry: instrument grading has finally arrived....
Years in the making
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Beef grades were introduced by USDA in 1926 to provide wholesalers and retailers a uniform, government-backed method of assessing the quality of the meat....
Beef Value Cuts program
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Roybal, Editor
Infraspinatus, teres major, spinalis dorsi, serratus ventralis, multifidus dorsi. While these sound like the scientific names of Jurassic-era beasts,...
Bright Prospects
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Clint Peck
As global financial bells signal warnings of alarm, U.S. beef consumers want the basics price, quality, consistency and convenience. That was the resounding...
Searching for a Link
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Loretta Sorensen
There's probably some association between the use of distillers grains (DGs) in cattle diets and the increased presence of E. coli O157:H7 but further...
Composting dead cattle
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Alaina Burt, Managing Editor
With rendering costs, biosecurity concerns and environmental regulations increasing, it's getting harder and more expensive to deal with carcasses on...
Manure composting experience
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Larry Schnell, owner of Stockmen's Exchange in Dickinson, ND, began composting manure from his auction facility in 2005. Motivating him were new North...
Practical Udder Scoring
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Dan Kniffen
Udder and teat quality are two functional characteristics of the cow that often go unnoticed until problems arise. Just as seedstock producers put selection...
Editor's Roundup
Big fat lies global warming is bunk
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Joe Roybal
In Big Fat Lies? on page 14 of this issue, Diana Barto reports on her interview with Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories. In the article,...
BEEF XPress
Feeding the cowherd for maximum profit
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Evaluating product safety is reasonable, but the goal of these bills is to stack the deck so these products won't get a fair assessment. Measures introduced...
Payments measure scrapped
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Congressional Democrats passed a $3.5-trillion budget in April that includes many of President Barack Obama's proposals, but rejected his plan to alter...
$200,000 grant to NCBE
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
The National Center for Beef Excellence (NCBE), a nonprofit group focused on implementing initiatives to create increased value for commercial beef producers,...
Vets support NAIS
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Making the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) mandatory would allow for the quick control of diseases entering the food supply, W. Ron DeHaven,...
Humane monitoring remote video auditing of cattle handling
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Cargill expects to have third-party, 24/7 video auditing in place in all its U.S. beef harvesting plants by year's end. The aim is to further enhance...
Ethanol opposition
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
A group of 59 food, livestock and other groups have written the administration opposing any increase in the current cap on the amount of ethanol permitted...
Crop planting projections
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
USDA's crop-planting intentions report for 2009 indicates farmers plan to plant 76 million acres of soybeans compared to 75.5 million in 2008. This would...
Avoid cattle poisonings
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
This is the time of year when homeowners perform yard cleanup. While most cattlemen are aware that various yard are toxic to cattle when ingested, neighboring...
Feeding the Beef Cow-herd for Maximum Profit
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
The 130 pages of Feeding the Beef Cowherd for Maximum Profit are full of practical and profit-motivated information aimed at cattle producers, but anyone...
BEEF Online Poll
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM
In April, the weekly average Choice-Select spread sank to negative 13 the first time since 1989. In 2007, it was $9.14/cwt., and last year a mere 88/cwt....
Cattle Economics
Attrition & opportunity census shows changes in cattle operations
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Wes Ishmael
Among the best advice I received growing up was to never try to milk out a cow with the preacher standing nearby. In later years, I discovered the same...
Vets' Opinion
Understanding PAMTA antibiotics in cattle production
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Mike Apley
The Preservation of Antimicrobials for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) was introduced in the U.S. House this spring (H.R. 1549). A companion bill was introduced...
Market Advisor
Costs & returns: Part V: managing the ranch
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Harlan Hughes
Given current economic pressures, it's imperative that ranch managers work to increase profits from their beef cow-calf herds. One immediate action is...
Meat Matters
Dairy cull concerns
May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Steve Kay
Nothing riles a beef producer more than the words dairy buyout. Thus, reaction was immediate when rumors circulated in January that the dairy industry...
