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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has dropped a proposal to create a second beef checkoff that would have been administered by federal agencies. The USDA chief abandoned the plan after Congress passed a budget this month with riders instructing the agency not to pursue the controversial plan criticized by beef cattlemen groups nationwide.
Every four seconds, someone in the world dies of hunger-related causes. It was that statistic from the United Nations that grabbed 17-year-old student Kiera Leddy’s attention. When she did the math, she realized that means more than 21,000 people die on the planet every day from a lack of food.
Some 250-plus Akaushi breeders, beef scientists, feeders, packers and beef distributors gathered recently for the Third Annual American Akaushi Association Convention held Nov. 14-16 at the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort and Spa near Bastrop, Texas.
Powered by the Red Angus database and a GeneSeek reduced-panel DNA test, the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) has developed and released the Herd Navigator genetic panel.
The new $1.1 trillion appropriation bill, passed by Congress and signed by the president this month, will create a year’s delay for any potential federal listing of the sage grouse as an endangered species.
In a joint effort to rebuild a declining Tennessee beef herd, the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA), the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) and Tennessee Farmers Cooperative (TFC) have announced a unique public-private partnership.
Today, Allflex, a global company that specializes in livestock identification, announced its acquisition of SCR Engineers Ltd., a company headquartered in Netanya, Israel, that is known throughout the world for cutting-edge livestock-monitoring and intelligent milking solutions.
Strong variety meat exports helped offset lower volumes for beef muscle cuts in October, according to data released by the USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
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