Editorial
Commentary: Down Under delight
Is the USA ready for a new meat product launch? One that’s centuries old, sells incredibly well overseas and offers a tantalizing mix of flavor and nutrition? One entrepreneur says hell, yes!
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Cattle feeding losses remain above $100 per head
Cattle feeding margins improved only modestly after last week's price rally. Beef packers saw their margins decline significantly with higher bids and declining boxed beef prices.
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Commentary: Crying wolf
A proposed Washington state law would provide broad exemptions to rural residents to shoot the protected gray wolves re-introduced there—only it’s not ranchers who want to do the shooting.
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Learning from retained ownership
At the Leachman Cattle of Colorado bull sale, Wyoming rancher Mike Healy discusses the traits he looks for in bulls, combining reproductive performance on the ranch and feedyard profits.
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Study says MRSA can jump from animals to humans
Researchers in England and Denmark used whole genome sequencing to establish the animal-to-human transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the MRSA bacteria.
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Five Rivers evaluates heifers
Dr. Kent Andersen, with Zoetis (formerly Pfizer Animal Health) describes how Five Rivers, the nation’s largest cattle-feeding company, is using the Angus GeneMax genomic test to evaluate a large group of heifers.
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Feds, feeders rally as corn heads lower
Yearling feeder cattle prices reversed a month-long lower trend and fed cattle jumped $2 to $3 higher last week. The rally was spurred by USDA’s planting intentions estimate which suggests corn acres will be the largest since 1936.
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Cattle Outlook: Crop report points to declining feed costs
The grain stocks report indicated corn supplies might not be as tight this summer as previously thought. Pasture quality and availability will continue to be a concern for the coming summer.
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Commentary: What’s in a name?
The CEOs running America’s top companies are generally considered to be ultra-savvy with their marketing maneuvers. But a corporate name change is one call that takes more guts than genius.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Scott George, NCBA’s new president
I can think of few things more exciting and, at the same time, more frustrating than being elected to head up the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Seems like most of the past presidents I’ve talked with start off their term with unbounded enthusiasm.
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Commentary: Stop the (video) madness
A spate of state laws may put an end to activists making secret videos of (alleged) livestock abuse—and then sitting on the footage until they can leverage media and policymakers.
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- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Oklahoma producers have access to new OQBN tool
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
