Archive for November 2019
Sharing Stories, Tools, Facts To Spur Beef Sales
Showing a little of the humanity in ranch life—what may sound simple was a significant role for cattlemen at the 2019 Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand’s annual conference in…
Read MoreReimagining Rural America: How Can Small Towns Survive?
What will it take to help small towns survive? Shickley, Neb., is a town of just 300 people. But it’s a multimillion-dollar town when you count the size of the…
Read MoreNeed Conservation Dollars? Call Your State Ag Commissioner.
Where will the dollars come from to fund that next conservation practice you want to implement on your farm? Your state department of agriculture might have just the answer—and resources—you…
Read MoreIs Turporken the Thanksgiving Trifecta?
Ham, turkey or turporken? Yes, it really is a thing. Turporken is a chicken stuffed inside a pork loin inside a turkey with two kinds of stuffing. Some are even…
Read MoreNARMS Releases Latest Report on Antimicrobial Resistance Trends
This week, the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) released its 2016-2017 NARMS Integrated Summary, with a new streamlined format intended to enable NARMS partners to issue more timely public…
Read MoreUSDA Hosts Meeting to Review Negotiated Cattle Market Reporting Study
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a study on Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) negotiated slaughter cattle market reporting. The study, conducted by Dr. Ted Schroeder and…
Read MoreUSDA Invests $4.3 Million in Rural Broadband for New York Families
IRVING, N.Y., Nov. 21, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy announced USDA has invested $4.3 million in high-speed broadband…
Read MoreJohn Nalivka: Branded Beef Programs And Knowing Your Costs
From the perspective of consumers, the U.S. livestock and meat industry has become increasingly supply-chain oriented. This may seem radical to many cattlemen, but it is also positive. It will…
Read MoreI’m a Drover: New Frontier in Cattle Quality
U.S. cattlemen have a long tradition of using management and genetics to produce high- quality cattle. Charles Backus is no exception, even in a remote desert canyon east of Phoenix.…
Read MoreNestlé CEO Thinks Americans Eat Too Much Meat
American adults eat about 50 billion hamburgers each year, or roughly three burgers per week. That average is much higher than France, where adults eat about one burger per month.…
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