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Dairy producers in the Central Plains and beyond have the opportunity to come together once again for the 2011 Central Plains Dairy Expo, March 29-31, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
John Michael Montgomery will be headlining the welcome reception* on Tuesday, March 29, while more than 200 exhibitors will fill the Convention Center the next two days.
Say what you want about the federal government being too big, too greedy and too cumbersome to effectively regulate free enterprise. But sometimes even an 800-pound gorilla has to listen and change.
That’s what unfolded when thousands of livestock producers and cattlemen provided feedback on the National Animal Identification System two years ago.
AustraliaQueensland graziers are warning it may be months before they know how many cattle were killed by the flooding that plagued many areas of northeastern Australia from late December through late January.
Damaged roads and fuel shortages severely hampered efforts to assess the damage.
We all know that recordkeeping is important for tax purposes, as well as for keeping track of day-to-day activities on the ranch, but most ranchers do not keep the right kind of records.
Economic demands on feed and oil, international monetary policy and the growing segment of urban consumers were some of the themes presented at the Intermountain Rangeland Symposium, held Jan. 13 and 14 in Twin Falls, Idaho.
It’s no secret that cattle producers have generous hearts, and one program that is clearly showcasing this is Beef Counts, the first-known program of its kind that provides a means for Idaho’s beef producers to assist less-fortunate consumers right in their own backyards.
Described by the Idaho beef industry as a multi-faceted public relations and community-help campaign, Beef Counts brings together all of Idaho’s beef industry in partnership with the Idaho Foodbank, to provide nutrient-rich beef to help end hunger in Idaho.
Call it a reboot for the government’s biggest animal ID undertaking ever.
The U.S Department of Agriculture is preparing to take another shot at an animal disease traceability program this spring, while pinning its hopes that beef producers are more agreeable the second time around.
Being able to identify cattle is a key part of raising them. In particular, individual animal identification facilitates keeping records used to make management and mating decisions for improvement.
No matter what segment of the industry you’re involved in, the beef you produce becomes a family’s dinner. If you are in the cattle business, you are in the food business.
