Disease traceability efforts in the livestock industry is nothing new. Aimed to help in the effort, a provision of $15 million for electronic identification (e-ID) tags was passed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 in early March 2024.

On March 11, 2024, the USDA announced the finalized rule regarding the use of the “Product of USA” label. The Product of USA rule allows the voluntary Product of USA or “Made in the USA” label claim to be used on meat, poultry and egg products only when they are derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered and processed in the U.S.

Just days after fires moved across the Texas Panhandle, the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) hosted the 2024 Cattle Raisers Convention and Expo on March 22-23 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The March Feed Outlook report shows the global 2023-24 corn stocks are reduced. Foreign corn production is lower this month, as it was last month, with the largest reductions for South Africa, Ukraine and Mexico.

The March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE) showed the 2023-24 U.S. corn outlook remains relatively unchanged compared to last month’s with only a 5-cent decrease in the season-average price to $4.75 per bushel.

Liver flukes, small, shale-covered pests found in the liver, are no longer a regional parasite problem.

The February World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE) showed the 2023-24 U.S. corn outlook is for lower food, seed and industrial use and larger ending stocks.

It’s no secret that the cow herd is at an all-time low. As producers start to build herds back, creating and maintaining a herd health plan will be immensely important.

The February Feed Outlook report showed the 2023-24 global coarse grain production is reduced. Supply is slightly lower at 442.6 million metric tons. However, reductions in total U.S. coarse grain use outweigh supply losses, lifting ending stocks.