Recently I was asked, “Why do show ring standards for quality fail to match the standards for quality in the industry?”

A lot of choices are required when designing herd genetics. Selections are normally based on desired traits such as calving ease, milk production and weaning weights, while possible environmental interactions are often overlooked.

My sister’s husband, Bart, is as salt-of-the-earth as they come. He’s not happy unless he’s helping someone, and he’s always happy. Ergo, he is always helping somebody.

I’ve read countless articles on ways to make your feed last when drought has you in a death grip, but not one of them mentions the cheapest, easiest and most prevalent way to stretch your grass.

Somewhere in the annals of land-grant colleges, the ag departments converted from offering a degree in animal husbandry to a degree in animal science.

Taiwan’s love for American beef is evident by the growth in exports to the Asian island nation this year, according to the U. S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)-Taiwan’s team, contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program, which is exploring new channels to sustain that progress.

Dr. Temple Grandin will be the featured speaker at the third annual Beef Improvement and Low Stress Cattle Handling Seminar, hosted by the University of California, Davis, on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.

The USDA-AMS LGMN Branch provides a weekly video providing timely market information and quotes pertaining to feeder cattle. The LGMN Branch compiles and disseminates information aiding producers, consumers, and distributors in the sale and purchase of livestock, meat, grain, and their related products.  

Today we have “citizen-journalists”, each carrying a smart phone with a Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest account, giving personal observations to their family, friends and followers. There are few places in the world where these citizen-journalists play a more important role than in South Korea, particularly with 20-somethings who eschew traditional media for personal observations.

FDA proposes voluntary eliminations of some antimicrobial drugs for food-producing animals
On Dec. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed plans concerning “antimicrobial drugs that are considered medically important and which are approved for use in feed and water of food animals.”