The National Beef Ambassador program, funded in part by The Beef Checkoff, promotes beef consumerism and production through five young adults chosen to represent the team. The beef ambassadors are trained to educate schools, classes and other settings about the value of beef as well as nutrition, animal welfare and environmental issues.

Ending up short-handed on the ranch because one of your employees suddenly quit or you had to let an employee go because they were not fulfilling their role is costly, time-consuming and frustrating.

The agricultural industries are facing a shortage more serious than drought or high feed costs.

In visiting ranches across Texas, a consistent observation on management is that holistic-managed ranches have more grass and survive droughts better than ranches under other management programs.

The Australian beef machine is well placed to sell much more beef directly into U.S. markets. That’s according to Texas-based beef industry analyst Don Close, Rabobank’s U.S. vice president of animal protein research, who addressed the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association’s (IFAMA) Sydney, Australia, chapter beef forum. Close said that while the U.S. is keen to seize export opportunities in Asia (notably China) and Europe, its beef herd is now the smallest in 60 years, largely because of soaring production costs.

An implant program undoubtedly is the most important factor for improving margin in cattle. Before cattle arrive at a feedyard, managers need to decide if they want to implement an aggressive strategy or a more conservative one.

Popularity spikes upward for the Black Hereford breed Hereford, the image of a red cow with white markings comes to mind. However, there is a new color of Hereford on the rise.

Pastures are one of our most valuable assets in the cow-calf industry.

At times in the cattle industry, it can be hard to distinguish one breeder from another. Seedstock producers do everything they can to produce the best genetics possible.