Marketing globally and locally

Blairs.Ag, a seedstock operation based in Saskatchewan, Canada, markets Angus, Red Angus and Hereford genetics to producers in Canada and around the world. At the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Chad Haaland describes how the operation also has begun marketing beef directly to local consumers.

1. Boxed beef hits record highs, cattle weak to lower
2. U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
3. Beef bull management refresher
4. Beef research and resources update
5. Workshop to discuss nutrient application, management, stewardship
6. Help for flood affected farmers

1. Texas ranchers & cattlemen purchase South Texas beef processor
2. Glass walls at the packing plant
3. Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
4. The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
5. Domestic ethanol production starts to grow again
6. Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012

1. Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
2. Tyson selects panel to monitor animal welfare program
3. World food supply depends on character, virtuous leadership
4. Commentary: Slanting the statistics
5. Buffet concerned about soil and starvation
6. Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop