When taking into account the effects of stress on human health, it is not hard to comprehend that stress affects animals similarly.

As a result of the increased concern about the development of bacterial populations resistant to therapeutic use of antibiotics, more cow-calf and feedlot operations are exploring cattle production without the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP).

I could never be a purebred breeder because I couldn’t get all the paperwork done, especially naming the animals. It’s hard enough coming up with titles to my weekly columns, but to have to name 500 or 1,000 cattle every year would drive me even more crazy.

Pete was invited to put on a working stockdog demonstration at the agricultural fair in the nearby town of Perdue, Saskatchewan. He could have brought his own lambs that were “dog-wise,” but his hosts offered to furnish the sheep.

The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) has reached a mutual agreement with Dr. Twig Marston to not renew the two-year CEO contract, which expires Jan. 15, 2016.

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.

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.

Advocates for the recently passed Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) say the agreement allows the beef industry to grow in strides across the globe. The purpose of the TPA is to ensure Congress will not amend a trade agreement after it is completed – only an up-and-down vote is able to approve the deal.

Most Progressive Cattleman readers will only take a few days off this summer, according to a recent poll.