After two years of liquidation due to pressure from drought conditions, the industry is headed into shorter beef supplies over the next three to four years, CattleFax analyst Kevin Good told attendees at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Cattle Industry Convention and Tradeshow in Nashville, Tennessee. “The U.S. beef cattle herd is undergoing liquidation. Beef cow slaughter is up 10 percent. There are less replacement heifers and more heifers going to the feedlot.”

David, Cassidy and Carrie preview the September issue of Progressive Cattle in the final podcast from NCBA convention in Nashville. In this episode Steve and Joy Wooten of the Beatty Canyon Ranch share their methods that earned the 2021 Environmental Stewardship Award for soil and water conservation at their Colorado ranch. Dustin Aherin of Rabo AgriFinance drops by to provide inside on the industry’s work through the fed cattle backlog of 2020 and how it’s shaping up for a positive price outlook in late 2021. And from the Noble Research Institute, CEO Steve Rhines and Hugh Aljoe, director of producer relations, share the institute’s greater focus on regenerative farming and ranching, and how it fits with the original vision of the founders, and how these methods can result in more effective sustainability with actual results.

CattleFax CEO Randy Blach stops by to is it with Progressive Cattle Editors in the second of three podcasts from the NCBA convention in Nashville. Randy shares how leverage is looking to change toward the cow-calf producer as the supply chain sees lower cow and cattle numbers, and a look at how more packing facilities and shackle space is on the horizon. Mitch Blanding of Zoetis and Ted Perry of Purina come to explain Purina’s new Purina Plus program to utilize nutrition planning with several pharmaceutical companies’ herd health protocols. And Catltemen’s Beef Board Chair Hugh Sanburg drops by to discuss Beef Checkoff success in its 35 years of promoting beef demand.

The Progressive Cattle team hits the road at NCBA in Nashville visiting presenters of Cattlemen’s College. Emily Solis of Animal Agriculture Alliance explains preparing for animal activists hitting your ranch; Jessica Gilreath of Texas A&M University shares research of sustainable practices directly beneficial to cow-calf production; Jason Sawyer of King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management dives into decisions that sort the manageable as opposed to the unmanageable; and Kent Swisher of the North America Renders Association about the role they play in the sustainability picture for beef production in all phases of rendering.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the beef checkoff, has announced the winners of its 2021 Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Awards, sponsored by Cargill.

This year’s National Cattleman’s Beef Association (NCBA) Cattle Industry Convention and Tradeshow promises opportunities for education, networking and industry fellowship at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.