http://purduephil.wordpress.com This blog was created by the Purdue Beef Team as an educational forum for beef producers and Extension educators. It includes timely news, issues, and management tips that have the potential to affect the beef business and decision-making process. Opinions expressed in the news clips do not necessarily represent those of Purdue University or the beef industry. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:22:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://purduephil.wordpress.com What does a cattle disease look like in a human? http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/what-does-a-cattle-disease-look-like-in-a-human/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/what-does-a-cattle-disease-look-like-in-a-human/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:22:13 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25211 Continue reading →]]> What does a cattle disease look like in a human?

TERRI ADAMS

Farm & Ranch Guide

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), approximately 75 percent of the newest emerging infectious diseases affecting humans are diseases of animal origin. They also report that approximately 60 percent of all human diseases are zoonotic – meaning they can spread from an animal to a human.

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]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/what-does-a-cattle-disease-look-like-in-a-human/feed/ 0 purduephil Cattlemen speak out on downer livestock ruling http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/cattlemen-speak-out-on-downer-livestock-ruling/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/cattlemen-speak-out-on-downer-livestock-ruling/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:22:02 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25209 Continue reading →]]> Cattlemen speak out on downer livestock ruling

Red Bluff Daily News

Following this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the slaughter of non-ambulatory livestock, there is some lingering confusion about the slaughter of non-ambulatory cattle.

In short, the court’s ruling that California law cannot be stricter than federal law does not affect the slaughter of non-ambulatory cattle because federal regulations already prohibit the slaughter and sale of meat from cattle that are unable to walk.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/cattlemen-speak-out-on-downer-livestock-ruling/feed/ 0 purduephil Cow/Calf Beef Improvement Seminar-Cattle Disposition http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/cowcalf-beef-improvement-seminar-cattle-disposition/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/cowcalf-beef-improvement-seminar-cattle-disposition/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:21:47 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25207 Continue reading →]]> Cow/Calf Beef Improvement Seminar-Cattle Disposition

Malory Dolin

Beef cow/calf producers have the opportunity to learn about the effects of temperament on cow/calf productivity. A group of Purdue Extension Educators are hosting a seminar at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds on Saturday February 11th and registration will start at 8:00 a.m.

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]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/cowcalf-beef-improvement-seminar-cattle-disposition/feed/ 0 purduephil Animal Performance Shaped By Genetics, Environment http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/animal-performance-shaped-by-genetics-environment/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/animal-performance-shaped-by-genetics-environment/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:21:33 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25205 Continue reading →]]> Animal Performance Shaped By Genetics, Environment

Chad Gulley

Tyler Paper

When it comes to livestock, animal performance is determined by two factors — genetics and the environment.

Environmental factors may include climate, topography, forages, disease, management practices and economics. In 2011 with the drought, several of these factors came into play.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/animal-performance-shaped-by-genetics-environment/feed/ 0 purduephil Presidential Candidates and Animal Issues http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/presidential-candidates-and-animal-issues/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/presidential-candidates-and-animal-issues/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:21:19 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25203 Continue reading →]]> Presidential Candidates and Animal Issues

Petbreedersandowners.com

It is our hope that the above will help to answer some of the questions you may have in regards to where the candidates stand on animal issues. It is intended to only be one resource, guiding you to do further research on the issue. Considering the ongoing legislation and the agenda of the animal rights groups, our next Presidential choice will have great impact on future animal legislation.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/presidential-candidates-and-animal-issues/feed/ 0 purduephil Nutrients vital to beef cows, despite mild winter http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/nutrients-vital-to-beef-cows-despite-mild-winter/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/nutrients-vital-to-beef-cows-despite-mild-winter/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:21:08 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25201 Continue reading →]]> Nutrients vital to beef cows, despite mild winter

Tri State Livestock News

A summer of excessive moisture and good grass growth followed by record high temperatures and record low precipitation this winter has provided many northern plains cattle producers with the opportunity to extend their grazing season well beyond normal.

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Larry Dreiling

High Plains Journal

"If you’ve been around this business for any period of time, you’re probably feeling pretty good today, and darn it, we shouldn’t have to apologize for these high prices. They’re a long, long time coming," said Blach, president and CEO of Cattle-Fax.

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]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/cattle-faxs-blach-a-great-time-to-be-in-the-cattle-industry/feed/ 0 purduephil Bloat at this time of year could be deadly for cattle http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/bloat-at-this-time-of-year-could-be-deadly-for-cattle/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/bloat-at-this-time-of-year-could-be-deadly-for-cattle/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:20:41 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25197 Continue reading →]]> Bloat at this time of year could be deadly for cattle

Fred Hall

Wichita Falls Time Record

Frothy bloat occurs when the gases produced during ruminal fermentation cannot be expelled from the rumen by eructation (belching). At the onset of bloat, cattle may cease eating and the bloat may dissipate.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/bloat-at-this-time-of-year-could-be-deadly-for-cattle/feed/ 0 purduephil Southeastern Cattle Producers Could Make Money with Stockers http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/southeastern-cattle-producers-could-make-money-with-stockers/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/southeastern-cattle-producers-could-make-money-with-stockers/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:20:26 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25195 Continue reading →]]> Southeastern Cattle Producers Could Make Money with Stockers

Cattle Today

“Rain or shine, wet or dry, do you want to make more money from your cows next year?” asks a Texas AgriLife Research forage scientist.

“It’s possible primarily as today’s high-priced corn has changed the way feedlots are doing business,” said Dr. Monte Rouquette, AgriLife Research forage scientist.

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]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/southeastern-cattle-producers-could-make-money-with-stockers/feed/ 0 purduephil Where’s the beef? Cattle inventory falls http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/wheres-the-beef-cattle-inventory-falls/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/wheres-the-beef-cattle-inventory-falls/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:20:10 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25193 Continue reading →]]> Where’s the beef? Cattle inventory falls

Elizabeth Campbell

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

The U.S. cattle inventory fell to the smallest size in 60 years as of Jan. 1, dropping more than expected, after a drought in the southern U.S. scorched pastures, spurring ranchers to shrink herds.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/wheres-the-beef-cattle-inventory-falls/feed/ 0 purduephil Can Angus Cattle Be Big And Efficient? http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/can-angus-cattle-be-big-and-efficient/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/can-angus-cattle-be-big-and-efficient/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:03:10 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25191 Continue reading →]]> Can Angus Cattle Be Big And Efficient?

Oklahoma Farm Report

Can Angus Cattle Be Big And Efficient? Over time, the average size of beef cows has increased by 200 pounds or more. To keep up with feed costs-even today’s feed costs-that just means she needs to wean 50 more pounds of calf, according to South Dakota State University animal scientist Ken Olson.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/can-angus-cattle-be-big-and-efficient/feed/ 0 purduephil BeefTalk: Meat, Fat, Size and Quality http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/beeftalk-meat-fat-size-and-quality/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/beeftalk-meat-fat-size-and-quality/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:02:57 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25189 Continue reading →]]> BeefTalk: Meat, Fat, Size and Quality

Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service

Meat, fat, carcass size and carcass quality are four factors in the beef industry that never go away. One could even say this is why the beef industry exists.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/beeftalk-meat-fat-size-and-quality/feed/ 0 purduephil NE man pleads guilty to cattle scheme in MO http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/ne-man-pleads-guilty-to-cattle-scheme-in-mo/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/ne-man-pleads-guilty-to-cattle-scheme-in-mo/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:02:44 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25187 Continue reading →]]> NE man pleads guilty to cattle scheme in MO

Julie Harker

Brownfield Network

A south-central Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to a cattle scheme in central Missouri. Allen Foos of Smithfield, Nebraska entered his plea in federal court Tuesday in the Western District of Missouri to transporting stolen livestock across state lines.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/ne-man-pleads-guilty-to-cattle-scheme-in-mo/feed/ 0 purduephil Improved breeding helps meet demand for high quality beef http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/improved-breeding-helps-meet-demand-for-high-quality-beef/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/improved-breeding-helps-meet-demand-for-high-quality-beef/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:02:31 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25185 Continue reading →]]> Improved breeding helps meet demand for high quality beef

FarmTalk

With better genetics, Missouri beef producers can help supply the growing demand for high-quality beef, said a University of Missouri Extension beef specialist.

“Until just a few years ago, we didn’t have the tools to change our marketing,” said David Patterson, leader of the Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/improved-breeding-helps-meet-demand-for-high-quality-beef/feed/ 0 purduephil U.S. Beef Producers Aren’t Using Proven Genetic Tools http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/u-s-beef-producers-arent-using-proven-genetic-tools/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/u-s-beef-producers-arent-using-proven-genetic-tools/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:02:18 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25183 Continue reading →]]> U.S. Beef Producers Aren’t Using Proven Genetic Tools

Wes Ishmael

BEEF

Benefits of reproductive technologies like estrus synchronization (ES) for natural or artificial breeding are old news.

“Improving traits of major economic importance in beef cattle can be accomplished most rapidly through the selection of genetically superior sires and widespread use of artificial insemination (AI),” says David Patterson, University of Missouri (MU) animal science professor.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/u-s-beef-producers-arent-using-proven-genetic-tools/feed/ 0 purduephil Future of Midwest cattle-feeding seminar scheduled http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/future-of-midwest-cattle-feeding-seminar-scheduled/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/future-of-midwest-cattle-feeding-seminar-scheduled/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:02:03 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25181 Continue reading →]]> Future of Midwest cattle-feeding seminar scheduled

Travis Meteer,

University of Illinois

Feeder cattle producers are encouraged to optimize their opportunities and attend workshops focused on the future of Midwest cattle feeding. The meeting will be held March 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, Ill.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/future-of-midwest-cattle-feeding-seminar-scheduled/feed/ 0 purduephil Take Steps to Prevent Scours in Calves http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/take-steps-to-prevent-scours-in-calves/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/take-steps-to-prevent-scours-in-calves/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:01:52 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25179 Continue reading →]]> Take Steps to Prevent Scours in Calves

Heather Smith Thomas

Cattle Today

Many ranchers experience a few cases of diarrhea in young calves, and some years are worse than others. Scours can be caused by certain kinds of bacteria, viruses or protozoa. Whether or not calves get sick is often related to multiple factors including exposure (whether calves come into contact with those pathogens), and stress.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/take-steps-to-prevent-scours-in-calves/feed/ 0 purduephil From the Ground Up – Falling Beef Cattle Numbers http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/from-the-ground-up-falling-beef-cattle-numbers/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/from-the-ground-up-falling-beef-cattle-numbers/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:01:41 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25177 ]]> From the Ground Up – Falling Beef Cattle Numbers

KBTX

During 2011, the drought experienced in Texas was responsible for continuing a liquidation of cattle that had began a couple of years before during another dry spell.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/from-the-ground-up-falling-beef-cattle-numbers/feed/ 0 purduephil Collaboration set to revolutionize feed efficiency in cattle http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/collaboration-set-to-revolutionize-feed-efficiency-in-cattle/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/collaboration-set-to-revolutionize-feed-efficiency-in-cattle/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:01:28 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25175 Continue reading →]]> Collaboration set to revolutionize feed efficiency in cattle

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

For generations, agricultural producers have continued to produce more food with fewer resources. Unfortunately, their greatest test is yet to come.

In October 2011, the world’s population topped 7 billion for the first time in recorded history, and estimates have total population numbers breaching the 9.5 billion mark by 2050.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/collaboration-set-to-revolutionize-feed-efficiency-in-cattle/feed/ 0 purduephil Conference to Focus on Options for Grass-Fed Beef Cattle http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/conference-to-focus-on-options-for-grass-fed-beef-cattle/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/conference-to-focus-on-options-for-grass-fed-beef-cattle/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:01:05 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25173 Continue reading →]]> Conference to Focus on Options for Grass-Fed Beef Cattle

Wisconsin Ag Connection

Successful options for profiting from grass-fed beef production is the focus of Land Stewardship Project workshop being held next month in La Crosse. The event is scheduled for February 11 at the People’s Food Co-op from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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