As Kubota Corporation, Osaka, Japan, begins to celebrate 40 years in the U.S., the global equipment manufacturer hits another milestone as its U.S. distributor Kubota Tractor Corporation, Torrance, California, announces it has retailed 1.5 million Kubota units in America.

Adding DNA information to the American Angus Association National Cattle Evaluation helps improve the dependability of expected progeny differences (EPD), which is reflected in increased accuracy values. But the question is, how much? And what’s this improvement worth?

BOISE, Idaho – A federal judge has overturned a ban on livestock grazing on some public lands in southern Idaho, saying that limited grazing may actually benefit the land by reducing fuels for wildfires. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill's ruling last week said grazing permit holders can continue to graze livestock in 17 allotments of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area.

As much as I can guarantee that we Americans love our hamburgers, I can say with equal certainty that Germans relish their cucumbers. So it was with some fascination I watched that country – one at the forefront of the organic food revolution – abandon one of its culinary staples during this spring’s deadly outbreak of E. coli.

Consumers choose USDA grass-fed beef for the following four main reasons: taste, health concerns, ecological awareness and local fare.

Cattle producers are a proud bunch with a history woven into the fabric of the U.S. They’ve battled weather, markets, feed shortages, pests and disease, generally coming out on top.

Headquartered north of Sheridan, Wyoming, at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains, the Padlock Ranch has been in the business of raising cattle for nearly 70 years.

Due to the reduced (and further shrinking) U.S. beef cow inventory, prices for cull cows (also referred to in a more consumer-friendly manner as “market” cows) have been extraordinary over the past few years. It’s remarkable to see utility slaughter cows selling today for $70 per hundredweight (cwt). Over the past two years, they have consistently sold for around $60 per cwt.