The USDA-AMS LGMN Branch provides a weekly video providing timely market information and quotes pertaining to feeder cattle. The LGMN Branch compiles and disseminates information aiding producers, consumers, and distributors in the sale and purchase of livestock, meat, grain, and their related products.  

Today we have “citizen-journalists”, each carrying a smart phone with a Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest account, giving personal observations to their family, friends and followers. There are few places in the world where these citizen-journalists play a more important role than in South Korea, particularly with 20-somethings who eschew traditional media for personal observations.

FDA proposes voluntary eliminations of some antimicrobial drugs for food-producing animals
On Dec. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed plans concerning “antimicrobial drugs that are considered medically important and which are approved for use in feed and water of food animals.”

Gary Darnall, of Darnall Feedlot near Harrisburg, Nebraska, talks about working with his ranching customers to meet consumer demand. This video news is provided by Certified Angus Beef LLC and the American Angus Association.

Speaking to producers at the Range Beef Cow Symposium in Rapid City, South Dakota, Dec. 3-5, Jim Robb of the Livestock Marketing Information Center said the ethanol boom is over, and that ethanol will no longer be a driving force “kicking around supply and demand” for livestock producers.

U.S. Meat Animal Research Center marks 50 years as innovation center for meat production

Livestock producers now have the ability to check an animal’s DNA for various traits.

Clayton Gill has been hired as the new public relations and strategic communications manager for Diamond V. Starting in January, Gill will be responsible for the global reach of the company’s public relations efforts, working from headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Helping farmers get more value per acre through the expert analysis of production data is the goal of a collaboration announced between Dow AgroSciences LLC (DAS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and John Deere (JD).