Drovers Cattle Network

Management-intensive Grazing and other intensive grazing systems have been promoted for quite a few years but what does the word intensive mean when it is used with grazing?

Participants in the “What’s New with Poo” bus tour will join keynote speaker, Amber Radatz from Wisconsin Discovery Farms, for lunch and discussions on manure management considerations.

The U.S. red meat industry has achieved outstanding export growth in recent years, enhancing profitability for all members of the supply chain. In 2014, both beef exports ($7.13 billion) and pork exports ($6.67 billion) shattered previous records for export value. Beef exports have steadily increased in value in each of the 11 years since global markets began to reopen after the first U.S. case of BSE. For pork, export value has increased in 15 of the past 20 years.

As grazing systems are discussed, the complexity of the systems actually can hide the simplicity.

Dr. Dan Thomson speaks with Dr. Bob Larson, the Coleman Chair and a professor at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, about flies, cattle, getting rid of those pesky things.

A cattle transportation symposium was held this past May. A point of emphasis was that two years of hard work can be undone by poor handling during the last ride. Transportation is not the first part the beef and dairy business that may come to mind. However, transportation is very important to both. For many in the general public, their only exposure to livestock production occurs when they see animals being transported on roadways.

The new website provides a one-stop location for beef producers to access reliable genetics and genomics information.

Music starts and the dark screen transitions to a salt-and-pepper-haired man in a purple button-down shirt sitting in front of a tin-barn studio backdrop. “Hi, folks, it’s Dr. Dan from Doc Talk here today, and I’m sure glad you joined us,” he says with a smile and a slight twinge of a Midwestern drawl. “Today we’re going to be talking about something that is very common in the beef industry. Stay tuned, we’re going to have a great show.”

The printing press. Electricity. Penicillin. Most wouldn’t want to give these up. So why do people expect farmers and ranchers to give up advancements that keep us fed and clothed? Gene Hall with the Texas Farm Bureau explains.