Archive for October 2019

Zoetis, the world’s leading animal health company, has signed an agreement with Texas A&M University’s Health Science Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) to establish a facility…

The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is placed a full-page ad in The New York Times that puts the unappetizing ingredients of “plant-based meats” on display. As nearly 50% of consumers…

Beef packers continued to show signs that they still need cattle to meet the demand.  Cash cattle in the south traded from $109 to $111,  depending on early-traded cattle and…

Efforts to eradicate brucellosis caused by Brucella abortus in the United States began in 1934, according to the USDA, as part of a herd-reduction program following the Great Depression and…

The bulk of cash fed cattle sold at $110, with a few at $111 per cwt., $1 to $2 higher. Cattle sold on a dressed basis at $175. The trade…

Officials with the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health (DAH) have confirmed vesicular stomatitis (VS) in horses in Sherman County in western Kansas. The infected animals all reside…

Strong global, domestic demand provides a bright spot for U.S. grain The U.S. livestock sector is poised to expand to meet growing demand for meat. During the next decade, the…

Modern marketing is all about connecting product attributes with consumers’ fundamental values. But with the positioning of the alt-meat category, that approach is seriously misguided. I’ve got shamburger fatigue. Each…