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. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:03:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://purduephil.wordpress.com 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.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/conference-to-focus-on-options-for-grass-fed-beef-cattle/feed/ 0 purduephil Fewer Cows’ Hides May Bear the Mark of Home http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/fewer-cows-hides-may-bear-the-mark-of-home/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/fewer-cows-hides-may-bear-the-mark-of-home/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:46:16 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25171 Continue reading →]]> Fewer Cows’ Hides May Bear the Mark of Home

Erica Goode

New York Times

In the half-light of a winter evening here, a tawny calf skitters across the pasture after its mother, a Lazy T brand visible on its right hip. The brand, used by the Tilton Ranch since Janet Burback’s parents settled on this land in 1917, appears on the ranchers’ shirts, their trucks and their business cards.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/fewer-cows-hides-may-bear-the-mark-of-home/feed/ 0 purduephil Water is the Most Important Nutrient for Cattle http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/water-is-the-most-important-nutrient-for-cattle/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/water-is-the-most-important-nutrient-for-cattle/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:46:03 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25169 Continue reading →]]> Water is the Most Important Nutrient for Cattle

Stephen B. Blezinger, Ph.D., PAS

Cattle Today

Many producers take water for granted. They have ponds in many pastures or they make sure the float valve in the metal stock tank is working properly, keeping the tank full. But what happens if the pond is low or dry or if the flow to the stock tank is interrupted?

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/water-is-the-most-important-nutrient-for-cattle/feed/ 0 purduephil The New Cattle Drive http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-new-cattle-drive/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-new-cattle-drive/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:50 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25167 Continue reading →]]> The New Cattle Drive

Stayton Bonner

Men’s Journal

After 150 years, some of the last surviving Texas cattle ranches are pulling up stakes. Fighting the worst single-year drought in state history and wildfires that have claimed close to 4 million acres, Texas ranchers have begun selling off their herds or shipping them north to greener pastures, in numbers not seen since the Dust Bowl days.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-new-cattle-drive/feed/ 0 purduephil Does grass-fed beef have any heart-health benefits that other types of beef don’t? http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/does-grass-fed-beef-have-any-heart-health-benefits-that-other-types-of-beef-dont/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/does-grass-fed-beef-have-any-heart-health-benefits-that-other-types-of-beef-dont/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:35 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25165 Continue reading →]]> Does grass-fed beef have any heart-health benefits that other types of beef don’t?

Martha Grogan, M.D.

Mayo Clinic

Grass-fed beef typically comes from cattle that eat only grass and other foraged foods throughout their lives. Often, conventional beef and dairy cattle eat a diet that includes grains, such as corn, at some point.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/does-grass-fed-beef-have-any-heart-health-benefits-that-other-types-of-beef-dont/feed/ 0 purduephil Cattle Still King http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/cattle-still-king/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/cattle-still-king/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:23 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25163 ]]> Cattle Still King

Wet Mountain Tribune

Colorado’s economy is certainly showing signs of recovery, and not surprisingly, agriculture is strongly in the lead with robust gains in dairy, grain, wood product and beef exports.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/cattle-still-king/feed/ 0 purduephil Have Cattle Producers Been Romney-ed? http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/have-cattle-producers-been-romney-ed/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/have-cattle-producers-been-romney-ed/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:12 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25161 Continue reading →]]> Have Cattle Producers Been Romney-ed?

Mike Callicrate

Huffington Post

Did National Beef ‘s cattlemen owners just get "Romney-ed"?

John Miller, National Beef’s former CEO, now consultant and member of the Board of Managers, was a top fundraiser for Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign. He owns property next door to Romney in La Jolla, CA.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/have-cattle-producers-been-romney-ed/feed/ 0 purduephil NCBA Responds to Legislation to Mandate On-Farm Production Practices http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/ncba-responds-to-legislation-to-mandate-on-farm-production-practices/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/ncba-responds-to-legislation-to-mandate-on-farm-production-practices/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:00 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25159 Continue reading →]]> NCBA Responds to Legislation to Mandate On-Farm Production Practices

Randall

Southeast AG NET

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Bill Donald criticized legislation introduced by Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) that would codify an agreement between the Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers establishing federally mandated egg production practices.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/ncba-responds-to-legislation-to-mandate-on-farm-production-practices/feed/ 0 purduephil The Importance of the Castration Knife http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-importance-of-the-castration-knife/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-importance-of-the-castration-knife/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:44:49 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25157 Continue reading →]]> The Importance of the Castration Knife

Ruminations from the Road

At the January board meeting at NWSS, NALF’s genetic consultant Dr. Bob Weaber made the profound statement that the US beef industry is driven by seedstock producers’ selection of bulls at weaning.

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-importance-of-the-castration-knife/feed/ 0 purduephil ABS Global Names New Research Scientist http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/abs-global-names-new-research-scientist/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/abs-global-names-new-research-scientist/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:44:38 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25155 Continue reading →]]> ABS Global Names New Research Scientist

AgriMarketing

Dr. Katie Olson recently joined the ABS Global team as research scientist.

"Katie’s exceptional experience with genetic and genomic evaluations and her background in the dairy and beef industries will make her an asset to the ABS research team," stated Dr. Marj Faust, senior research director. "We look forward to having Katie work with ABS customers, independent representatives, and employees around the world."

]]> http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/abs-global-names-new-research-scientist/feed/ 0 purduephil Recipe for a federal takeover of farming http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/recipe-for-a-federal-takeover-of-farming/ http://purduephil.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/recipe-for-a-federal-takeover-of-farming/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:43:54 +0000 Phil Reid http://purduephil.wordpress.com/?p=25153 Continue reading →]]> Recipe for a federal takeover of farming

Doug Wolf

Chicago Tribune

In today’s world, you respond by sneaking a camera on my property and filming my animals. You send the results to the media along with a call to ban the practice or practices you find offensive. If you can tie in the name of a well-known processor where I might send my pigs, so much the better. That’ll guarantee some dynamite media coverage.

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