Archive for January 2020
WVDA Confirms Theileria in West Virginia
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has confirmed the presence of Theileria orientalis Ikeda genotype in three West Virginia counties. The WVDA is working with the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s…
Read MoreAngus VNR: Improve, Document Genetics
The key to making cattle more competitive in the bidding world is in their genetics, and the growing programs that document them. “That is happening because buyers are utilizing data…
Read MoreCoronavirus: Market Concerns Mount
The narrative has been captured in part by the parallels with the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus back in 2003. SARS spread rapidly, eventually peaked and then came under…
Read MoreGlen Selk: Lengthy, Difficult Births Adversely Affect Newborn Calves
Calves born after a prolonged, difficult birth are at a high risk of failing to receive adequate colostrum by natural suckling because of greatly decreased colostrum intake. Calves failing to…
Read MoreDerrell Peel: Large Feedlot Inventories To Start 2020
The latest monthly cattle on feed report showed the January 1 inventory in feedlots (over 1,000 head) at 11.958 million head, 102.3 percent of one year ago. This is the…
Read MoreMark Your Calendars, USDA to Open the Application Window for the Second Round of ReConnect Program Funding Friday
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced USDA will begin taking applications for the second round of $550 million in ReConnect Program…
Read MoreUnited Nations Declares 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2020 – Plants make the oxygen we breathe and give us 80 percent of the food we eat. But plants are under attack by invasive pests.…
Read MoreNot So Terrible Twos
About the Presenter Bluford “Blu” Putnam has served as Managing Director and Chief Economist of CME Group since May 2011. With more than 35 years of experience in the financial…
Read MoreAlltech’s Annual Survey Finds First Production Decline in Nine Years
Alltech has released the results of its 2020 Alltech Global Feed Survey, which found that international feed tonnage decreased by 1.07% to 1.26 billion metric tons of feed produced last…
Read MoreSideways Cattle Market Continues
The cattle market is holding steady to current cash prices without a push from any direction positive or negative. Cattle feeders took advantage of packers needs to ship cattle in…
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