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.”

Gary Darnall, of Darnall Feedlot near Harrisburg, Nebraska, talks about working with his ranching customers to meet consumer demand. This video news is provided by Certified Angus Beef LLC and the American Angus Association.

Speaking to producers at the Range Beef Cow Symposium in Rapid City, South Dakota, Dec. 3-5, Jim Robb of the Livestock Marketing Information Center said the ethanol boom is over, and that ethanol will no longer be a driving force “kicking around supply and demand” for livestock producers.

U.S. Meat Animal Research Center marks 50 years as innovation center for meat production