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Tangible evidence cattlemen care
Consumers want to feel good about their food choices. Research repeatedly shows Americans want assurances that the food they feed their families is raised in a manner that is environmentally friendly and — in the case of meat and dairy foods — that the animals are treated humanely.
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Bringing it home
Working off the ranch after college provides young rancher additional education and exposure to new business ideas.
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Fighting food miles
Calculating “food miles” — the distance a particular food item travels from the farm to the consumer — has become a kind of shorthand for a particular food’s “greenness,” at least in terms of its greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Survey suggests producers are optimistic
Despite America’s devastating drought, nearly half of respondents to a Drovers/CattleNetwork online reader survey say they expect to expand their cattle herd over the next three years.
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Entry strategies
It’s no secret that getting started in farming and ranching is only becoming more difficult as land prices soar; that’s a barrier to entry that proves insurmountable for many would-be food producers.
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The virtuous loop
This fall’s discussion about breeding systems has very old roots, but a recent shoot comes from Nevil Speer’s November 2011 white paper, “Crossbreeding: Considerations and Alternatives in an Evolving Market.”
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Animal abuse is livestock industry’s Achilles heel
Somewhere in America today an animal-rights activist lurks on a farm with a hidden camera. It’s hardly a secret.
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140 years of land stewardship
Colorado ranch exemplifies sustainability and conservation in partnership with high-quality beef production.
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Seeking Sustainability
In September, McDonald’s Corporation’s vice president of sustainability, Bob Langert, talked to Bloomberg News about his company’s efforts to pursue sustainability, a subject that he said “is everybody’s business now.”
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Commentary: Crossbreed or straightbreed?
Much of your success in the beef business hinges on the genetics of your cow herd, and crossbreeding has long been advocated as a way to gain productivity and profitability. Through a campaign that is sure to summon controversy, a prominent breed association challenges how we appraise crossbreeding.
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Timing is everything
California rancher counts on a short and fickle rainy season to support forage-based beef production.
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- Producers should examine pastures for post-tornado debris
- Ag markets posted a general advance mid-day Wednesday
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
- Mexico says U.S. not respecting WTO ruling on meat labeling
- Vance Publishing's 40 under 40
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
