Archive for December 2019
Santa, Reindeer Given All-Clear for Upcoming Flight
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Santa’s veterinarian approved him and his team for flight around the world Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. Santa, Nicholas Claus, must undergo…
Read MoreGlenn Selk: Christmas Memories Of A Farm Boy
It was about 60 years ago that a Christmas became memorable for this retired extension beef specialist. Christmas Eve day on the Platte Valley farm was cloudy and cool. Evening…
Read MoreRegistration Open for Animal Ag Alliance 2020 Stakeholders Summit
Registration is now open for the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2020 Stakeholders Summit, themedPrimed & Prepared. Now in its 19th year, the Alliance’s annual Summit brings together thought leaders in the industry…
Read MoreJohn Nalivka: Appreciating the efficiency of U.S. food production
As 2019 rapidly comes to a close and the holiday season is upon us, Americans have an abundance for which to be thankful. This is particularly true with regard to…
Read MorePrepare for More Antibiotic Rules
Beef and dairy producers have adapted to significant changes in antibiotic regulations over the past three years, and that trend will continue. Continued public pressure and regulatory actions will drive…
Read MorePresident Trump Signed the Farm Bill into Law One Year Ago Today, USDA Highlights Implementation Accomplishments to Date
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2019) – One year ago today, on December 20, 2018, President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (also known as the Farm Bill) into…
Read MoreHouse Passes USMCA
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One day after its historic impeachment votes, the Democratic-led House gave President Donald Trump an overwhelming bipartisan victory Thursday on a renegotiated…
Read MoreChristmas Rally Adds $1 To $2 To Fed Cattle
Cash fed cattle prices traded at $120 to $121 in the North with dressed cattle at $192, mostly $1 to $2 higher. Cattle in the South traded at $120 per…
Read MoreAngus VNR: Spring Cove Ranch Earns CAB award
Great beef starts with seedstock focus, which is everyday life for Art and Stacy Butler of Spring Cove Ranch near Bliss, Idaho. For more than a century, the Butler family…
Read MoreDan Murphy: Statement Shoes
If more proof were needed that veganism is primarily a feel-better guilt eraser for a small slice of affluent folks in the U.S. and Europe, that evidence has arrived. And…
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