The dairy industry has praised leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary committees, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee for expressing “grave disappointment” over recently approved treaty changes that are likely to severely limit the use of many generic food names in export markets.

The USDA choice-select spread is a traditional barometer of the payoff for premium beef. In recent years though, that boxed-beef price spread has varied from $15 per hundredweight (cwt) to barely positive, leading to questions about whether it pays to aim for quality.

While growing up on a small dairy in western Wisconsin, I was primarily responsible for feeding the heifers. My dad would always delegate the poorer forage to this group of animals and did not pay much attention to their performance or even balance their rations.

Six distinguished cattle veterinarians have been nominated and voting is underway for the 2015 Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame, which was created in 2011 to honor exceptional individuals who have made lasting contributions to the veterinary profession.

Tenacious. Honorable. Driven. Visionary. These are just some of the adjectives used to describe those who have been successful in the cattle-feeding industry.

Schaefer Ventilation Equipment, manufacturer of ventilation and thermal comfort products, has expanded its product line with the SuperCooler multi-stage mist system.

Zoetis has launched a new website that focuses on its beef and dairy genomics business. The new website will offer greater convenience when ordering and access to important information relevant to management of genetics on beef and dairy operations.

USDA scientists have found that a natural seed coating can protect alfalfa against some soilborne diseases.