In its semiannual report released Jan. 31, USDA NASS reported the total number of all cattle and calves in the U.S. at 87.2 million head on Jan. 1, 2024.

In an exchange parroted ad nauseam with my buddies with every charming ounce of teenage wit available to us in the mid-2000s, two movie pirates discuss their Plan B should Plan A go awry: “What if the worst should happen?” “Keep to the Code.”

Some 400 attendees from across North America gathered in Loveland, Colorado, to hear the latest in beef cattle research from some of the industry’s leading experts from government, academia and industry.

On Nov. 15, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) hosted its annual Big Idaho Potato Harvest Meeting in Idaho Falls. The “state of the industry” meeting welcomed growers, packers and processors from across the state gathered to network and learn about how the larger industry affects their operations and vice versa.

APHIS published a final rule on Nov. 13 that allows the importation of fresh beef from Paraguay. The agency conducted a risk analysis and ultimately decided that fresh beef can be imported safely from Paraguay under certain conditions.

The reintroduction of apex predator species to parts of their historical range continues to be a hot-button topic in the western U.S. Concerns and discussions have arisen in regard to federal plans to establish a grizzly bear population in the North Cascade Range of Washington state.

Utilizing omega-6 fatty acids as a management strategy to mitigate early embryonic loss, a major cause of reproductive and economic losses to the U.S. beef industry, is the focus of a new project led by Texas A&M AgriLife Research researchers.

Blaine is not a truck driver. Yet somehow, here he is on Christmas Eve, grinding the gears of a not-as-new-as-it-looks Peterbilt pulling a recently emptied livestock trailer.

The University of Nebraska – Lincoln and South Dakota State University are spearheading the Great Plains Heifer Development Program to help beef producers optimize heifer development and reproductive efficiency. The program will make its home at the Haskell Beef Lab near Concord, Nebraska.