Livestock Producer Focuses on GIPSA Rule at Ag Hearing
KNEB
Testifying before the Senate Ag Committee Tuesday – Kansas Livestock Association President-Elect Frank Harper explained that free trade – even with its imperfections – is relatively more equitable than regulated and subsidized markets.
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Floods Damaging Montana Hayfields and Forage Harvest
Beef Cattle News
With persistent flooding threatening the successful harvest of forage crops in his state, Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg recently sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking USDA to open Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands for haying and grazing.
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Cattle folks watch stover ethanol warily
Dan Piller
Des Moines Register
The cattle industry long ago jumped off the ethanol bandwagon, blaming ethanol for spikes in corn prices in 2008 and then in the last 12 months that cattle feeders say have caused them to spend most of the last four years in the red.
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Individual cattle management
Tom Fanning manages Buffalo Feeders, where individual management leads to increased quality and profitability. This video news is provided by Certified Angus Beef LLC and the American Angus Association. Visit http://www.CABpartners.com or http://www.angus.org for more information.
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Wet conditions make haying a challenge
Greg Lardy
Tri State Livestock News
The persistent wet conditions in many parts of the area covered by the Tri-State Livestock News will make haying a very challenging activity this summer.
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Steve Cornett: Get Better or Get Out
Beef Today
Competition is a frustrating thing. Still, there is a difference between war and business deals. In both, you have two sides. But only in one is “all fair,” and that’s because when you’re at war anything that hurts the adversary helps you. But in business, as often as not, the opposite is true.
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Sexed Semen Offers New Breeding Opportunities
Heather Smith Thomas
Cattle Today
One of the newer developments in the beef industry is use of sexed semen. AI has been used for many years to increase the number of progeny from superior sires, and embryo transfer enables producers to increase the number of offspring from a specific mating.
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