Issues That Matter
Fueling the debate
In this year’s round of feed versus fuel, is fuel winning? The question came to the forefront when USDA’s July Feed Outlook report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected that this year, for the first time, corn used for ethanol production in the United States will exceed that used for feed.
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ICE cracks down on businesses
The immigration issue has heated up in Washington, D.C. U.S. federal immigration agents issued inspection notices to hundreds of businesses across 17 sectors, including food and agriculture, last month.
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Multi-university team zeroes in on feed efficiency
A 1 percent improvement in beef cattle feed efficiency could return as much as $700 million annually to U.S. producers, Iowa State University animal scientist Dorian Garrick, PhD, told participants in last month’s Beef Improvement Federation conference.
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Rural economy healthy, farmland prices soften
The economy in rural, agriculturally dependent areas in a 10-state region continues to expand at a positive pace.
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Inflation brings media spotlight to food
Our top story tonight: Your dinner, and your breakfast and lunch, too.
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Traceable molecules, traceable food
For many consumers, food traceability and process verification are important. Growing numbers of consumers want details about the meat they purchase, and if the label says “natural,” “grass finished” or “humanely raised,” they want documentation to back up those claims.
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CBB, NCBA leadership agree to move forward
The officers and leadership representing the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association met in Denver May 3–4 to discuss their mutual commitment to the Beef Checkoff and to working together in the future.
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Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course
The 57th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, sponsored by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, is scheduled Aug. 1-3 at Texas A&M University in College Station.
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Texas records driest March since 1895
Texas remains ground-zero in an historic and extreme drought that now stretches from Arizona to Florida.
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New livestock organization gathers steam
With consumer values increasingly determined by fear and insecurity fueled by pop culture, a coalition of agricultural groups wanting to counter the misinformation formed the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance about a year ago.
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Beef slaughter weights declining
Higher cattle prices and increasing costs for feeding cattle are helping send cattle to market at lighter weights this spring, and in some cases, the decrease is dramatic.
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- Commentary: In praise of animal foods
- USDA approves newly formulated PULMO-GUARD vaccine for cattle
- Another droughty summer forecast for West Texas
- Do opponents of crop insurance oppose farm programs in general?
- Ag markets generally mixed again Tuesday morning
- UK first in EU to get Merck's new Schmallenberg vaccine
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Meat and climate change: How significant is the impact?
- BeefTalk: How do we get the next generation to raise beef?
- 2014 Farm Bill: Are we near an agreement?
- Farm bill and immigration reform action needed
- Boxed beef hits record highs, cattle weak to lower
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
