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When input and output prices change dramatically, it’s time to go back and crunch some numbers. That’s according to Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska feedlot specialist, who talked about everything from feedstuffs to growing and finishing decisions at the Feeding Quality Forums last month in La Vista, Nebraska, and Garden City, Kansas.
As a meat scientist, I try to be precise in referring to beef cuts. But at the same time, I must be aware of the alternative names for those cuts, which may have historical, regional or marketing significance. These common names could make them more identifiable to certain folks in certain scenarios.
Exports of U.S.-made agricultural equipment dropped 16 percent for the first half of 2015 compared with the first half of 2014, for a total of $4 billion shipped to global markets.
There are many sides to pelleting. Some are straightforward, like prices and pellet size, but others are not straightforward, like the nutritional quality of the product.
Five years ago, as the beef industry was climbing out of the big recession and a spate of low cattle prices, a glimmer of promise emerged with the surging popularity of beef overseas. Beef exports climbed back to competitive levels in 2010, sparked by recovering economies in Asia, Europe and buying power in the Middle East.
The agricultural industry suffered a blow in August when Idaho Code 18-7042, commonly called an “ag gag statute,” was found to be unconstitutional. This opinion leaves the fate of similar statutes in other states up in the air and limits legal protections available for agricultural operations facing trespassing or undercover video investigations.
In the late 1930s, when my dad was 6 years old, he drove a team of two horses mowing and hauling hay. By the time he was 12, he was directing a four-horse team to plow fields and plant crops.
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