Quality assurance in livestock production focuses on raising safe, wholesome products for the consumer. The way producers interact and move their livestock has been shown to affect the quality of products from those animals. Livestock that are stressed have decreased production and adverse effects to meat quality during times of animal harvest. It is important to understand proper animal handling techniques to minimize stress and recognize animals’ flight zone when moving livestock.  ...More

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) government affairs office in Washington, D.C., is accepting applications for a summer 2012 public policy internship. The deadline to submit an application for this opportunity is March 12, 2012....More

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved the addition of a $120 million classroom building and small animal hospital expansion project to the system’s capital plan today in their meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas....More

A recent analysis shows that adding genomic information to expected progeny differences (EPDs) can increase a producer’s odds of selecting the most appropriate Angus sires for his or her individual herd goals....More

There’s been little tinkering of late with the nuts and bolts of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, says Kansas State University’s (KSU) Dale Blasi. But the usability of the technology for livestock tracking purposes is improving...More

The promise of using DNA information to improve the accuracy of expected progeny differences (EPDs) on young animals is starting to be realized, at least for Angus cattle...More

Only 5% of parasites live in cattle, which means 95% of parasites are on pastures....More