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American Simmental Association (ASA) and the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) have announced to beef industry stakeholders that their joint, multi-breed genetic evaluation (MBGE) now includes the data of the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA).
Joe Wright of the 1,200-cow V&W Farms in Avon Park, Florida, has been in the media spotlight lately – a little too much in the spotlight, as it turns out.
Wright, who is president of the Southeast Milk cooperative, was interviewed for a Feb. 22 Los Angeles Times article on immigration. One of his quotes the article used was, “We cannot milk cows without Hispanic labor, period.”
Fluctuations in milk prices, feed costs and government programs are forcing dairy farmers to become more efficient with their farm operation.
Since feed accounts for approximately one-half of the total cost of producing milk, and high-quality forage optimizes the productivity of the animals, increasing the quality of forage available is one of the best methods of improving overall feeding efficiency.
A long-term study verifies multi-paddock grazing improves vegetation, soil health and animal production relative to continuous grazing in large-scale ranches, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists.
February continued the trend set at the end of 2012 for U.S. beef and pork exports with higher values on lower volumes for beef and a continued slight decline for pork, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
Merck Animal Health has announced the sponsorship of a new blog focused on raising awareness of bovine respiratory disease (BRD), and providing industry professionals a central resource to access information vital to preventing, treating and managing the disease that costs the industry $800 million annually.
Corn herbicides containing isoxaflutole cannot be sold or used in Wisconsin, despite recent misinformation that led agribusinesses and farmers to believe otherwise, say state pesticide authorities.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the recipients of $5.3 million in Conservation Innovation Grants that will help develop approaches and technology that show producers how to adapt to extreme climate changes that cause drought.
You decide. Each time you buy a bull, keep a heifer or cull a cow, you choose a future for your herd and, collectively, for a beef industry that is either blessed or burdened with high prices.
“I don’t want record prices because of the lowest beef supplies in 50-some-odd years, said a University of Missouri livestock economist. “I want the highest price because demand is pulling us along.”
