The latest livestock trade data provides additional indication that the Mexican cattle industry is undergoing rapid and dynamic change. Changes in cattle and beef flows between the U.S. and Mexico have significant implications for the cattle industries on both sides of the border. The newest component of the increasingly complex and integrated U.S.-Mexico cattle and beef industries is the rapidly growing imports of Mexican beef into the U.S.

Animart Inc. has launched a program called Track a))) Cow Calf to Calf, which offers producers a 0 percent financing option that provides the complete electronic heat detection system and two free blood pregnancy tests per animal.

A bill introduced in late June by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., would require Kings County dairy farmers to prove that they are using antibiotics only when the animals are actually sick, not to ward off potential illness or to make the animals gain weight.

Karianne Fallow Chief Executive Officer Eagle, Idaho
 Idaho Dairy Products Commission

A new brand of milk called Udderly Kentucky – produced, pasteurized and bottled in Kentucky – is now available in 32 Wal-Mart stores in the central and south-central parts of the state. State Agriculture Commissioner James Comer unveiled the new brand this week and said that 7 cents from every gallon sold will be returned to participating Kentucky dairy farmers.

Thursday the House passed a farm bill containing a $1.3 billion reduction in annual farm program spending. The bill is almost the same as one defeated last month, except that a politically charged section of the bill relating to food stamps was dropped just prior to the vote.

Baler race or baler demo? The camera definitely had to be moving to capture the baler equipment demonstrations during Hay Expo 2013 at Regancrest Holsteins Inc. in Waukon, Iowa as agricultural equipment companies showcased the latest in equipment lines and invited attendees to compare products.

Grassland Oregon has opened a new research location in southeast Iowa, whose main focus will be the screening and evaluation of new cover crop, turf grass and forage species and varieties.