Canarm/BSM Agri Products, one of North America’s leading agricultural equipment suppliers for livestock producers, is shortening its name to Canarm AgSystems (CAS). The Canarm BSM name and logo will be phased out over the next year.

More than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations focusing on expanding exports – including the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) – were awarded funds by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The funding, made available through the 2014 farm bill, was announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Dr. Mark Boggess has been selected as the new director of the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, Wisconsin, beginning May 19. The center operates under the umbrella of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Boggess has been with ARS since 2009 as a national program leader in Beltsville, Maryland.

A letter critical of American Angus Association CEO Bryce Schumann sent by 15 employees to the association’s board of directors has resulted in 12 employees being dismissed, including six regional managers.

Zinpro Corp. announces the debut episode of Experts Talk, an all-new online lameness prevention video series. The inaugural episode features Dr. Dörte Döpfer, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin – School of Veterinary Medicine, one of the world’s most recognized experts on digital dermatitis.

A year-long campaign dubbed the Great American Milk Drive is the first national program to help deliver milk to families in need. Although milk is one of the top nutritious items requested by food bank clients, it’s rarely donated.

The wholesale beef market enjoyed an extraordinary first quarter this year. The comprehensive boxed beef cutout (averaging wholesale prices for Choice, Select, Branded and other categories of beef) gained a little more than 18 percent between the first of the year and the end of March.

The national news media apparently have the American public convinced that a confrontation boiling over in the Nevada desert between ranchers and the feds actually reflects the hostility between all cattlemen and the government.

In a statement released Wednesday, the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association gave extended comments on the controversial cattle gather in southern Nevada involving the Bureau of Land Management and Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, saying it does not condone actions to break federal laws.

Since the purchase of the Sil-All (SA) range of forage inoculants in 2011, Lallemand Animal Nutrition’s team of forage experts have developed a new product formulation in the U.S. to best meet the needs of today’s producers.