If you’re worried about rebuilding the herd in 2014, Nebraska Angus producer Trevor Lienemann doesn’t think you need to fret.

By a fairly wide margin, online respondents of a Progressive Cattleman poll are positive about reducing the mandate for ethanol production.

The beef industry will open 2014 with an unprecedented wave of good news that should bode well for the next few years. The key question remains whether cattle producers stand prepared to seize the opportunity before them.

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

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association’s Annual Convention and Trade Show will include the 21st Anniversary Cattlemen’s College Feb. 3-4 in Nashville, Tennessee.