11/27/2007 01:02PM
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2007 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking comments on a proposed voluntary standard for a naturally raised marketing claim for livestock and meat.The standard will be published as a Notice and Request for Comments in the Federal Register and is titled the U.S. Standards
11/16/2007 07:34AM
For the past six years, North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association producers have been involved with age- and source-verification research with North Dakota State University and numerous partners. This partnership led to a successful application to the USDA to provide third-party verification for
08/12/2007 08:54AM
USDA Prime, Choice, Select and Standard have been the staples of graded beef, at least since the system was overhauled in the 1970s. The Choice grade may have been made too broad for effective use, because in recent years its upper two-thirds has further segmented into a kind of fifth grade: premium
08/08/2007 08:37AM
Age and Source Verification has been a topic of increasing interest in the beef industry, as the Japanese and other foreign markets have reopened to US beef. Beef export regulations have clearly defined the meaning of Age and Source Verification, as age and source claims must by documented and
08/07/2007 11:15AM
The American Angus AssociationSM and Pfizer Animal Health announce a marketing alliance for two premier feeder calf programs.The collaboration pairs AngusSource®, an age-, source- and genetic-USDA Process Verified Program (PVP) for Angus-sired cattle, with SelectVAC®, the premier branded preconditioning
07/25/2007 08:11AM
BOWLING GREEN, KY — While government officials from the U.S., Canada and Mexico will discuss policy issues, attendees at the ID•INFO EXPO 2007 will have numerous opportunities to hear the latest on animal identification and traceability from people who are working in those areas every day.
07/03/2007 09:14AM
“What advice would you give sellers and buyers of value-added calves and how do you market value-added calves?”
First of all, I would like to thank you for allowing me to be a part of this symposium. I am currently the project coordinator of the Montana Beef Network. The main goal of our program has
06/28/2007 12:13PM
“What advice would you give sellers and buyers of value-added calves and how do you market value-added calves?”
To a seller or to a buyer, the answer is the same: Unless you can sell your feeder cattle in a sale that gives all the data that value-added calves have received, and also if you're a buyer
06/26/2007 11:55AM
“What advice would you give sellers and buyers of value-added calves and how do you market value-added calves?”
There are a number of layers of value that producers can add to their calves that would bring more potential buyers to the table. The style of management of the ranching operation