Features
Viewing a changing industry
Drovers’ tour examines today’s beef system.
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America the bountiful
As the nation prepares for the holiday season, the price of food always becomes a topic of conversation. The financial credit crisis has made the topic even more important to consumers.
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To medicate or not to medicate — that is the question
Considering the present day environment that encourages the judicious use of antibiotics, the question posed by Dr. Bob Larson during the Mid-South Stocker Conference earlier this year was “Do I mass medicate incoming cattle?”
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Ranching in the information age
A traditional industry finds ways to optimize some of the latest advances in computer and communications technology.
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Frugal feeding
Find ways to control feed costs while maintaining cow condition.
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Nothing to hide
In spite of a few well-publicized aberrations, the industry strives to protect animal welfare.
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Convenient omissions
Livestock get a bum rap when environ-mental groups distort the industry’s environmental footprints.
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Sleeping with the enemy
Ranchers and environmentalists create unlikely partnerships in an effort to preserve rangeland and habitat.
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Carrot and stick
Beef quality improves, but consumer expectations continue rising.
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Consumer demand
Higher energy costs and rising food prices may shift Americans’ protein purchases.
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BQA begins early
Well before the finishing phase, management decisions on the ranch influence beef quality.
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- YSA members gain insight into agribusiness, retail industries
- Meat industry associations quick to attack the new MCOOL rule
- Team up against bovine respiratory disease
- Oil prices pare losses on U.S. equities turnaround
- Future of food discussion with Agriculture Secretary
- Ag markets diverged prove rather volatile on Thursday
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
