BeefTalk: One-way Ticket to Town
Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service
Bull 50 just bought himself a one-way ticket to town. For bulls, there are only two pens. One is the pen for breeding bulls, while the other bulls go to the “for beef market” pen.
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Indiana Beef Evaluation Program to hold bull auction
Jennifer Stewart
AG Answers
The Indiana Beef Evaluation Program will host its 71st bull sale on April 18 in Springville.
All of the 108 bulls offered for sale completed the IBEP’s rigorous 125-day performance test at the Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center and are in ideal body condition for use this spring.
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The Incredibly Shrinking Feedlot Margin
Nevil Speer
BEEF
Managing margin is challenging for any type of business. However, when it comes to commodity industries – those entities that operate strictly off the buy-sell margin – the challenges can be especially brutal from year to year. And that principle certainly exists in the beef complex, particularly the feedlot sector.
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15 Reasons to Date a Farmer
E-Harmony
Unless you suffer from hay fever and hate the country, farmers make pretty great dates.
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Protecting U.S. consumers from ‘Big Cattle’
K. William Watson
Reuters
More than eight months after losing a case at the World Trade Organization, the United States has finally begun changing its protectionist regulations for mandatory country-of-origin labels (COOL) on meat. Unfortunately, while the Obama administration claims that it is implementing the WTO’s recommendations, it is actually making the regulations more protectionist.
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Guinea pig on the menu in some restaurants
Mark Russell
USA Today
New Mexico is thinking about processing horse meat. Montanans have roadkill. And now the latest in offbeat meat appears to be … guinea pigs.
NPR reports on an American trend fueled by South American expats and the U.S. restaurants that serve such cuisine, and bolstered by foodies’ penchant for trying — and blogging about — something new.
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Missouri Cattle Thefts Increase Need for Producer Diligence
Sara Brown
Beef Today
Higher cattle prices have led to more cases of stolen cattle across the country. University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Eldon Cole says southwest Missouri has had more than its fair share. In the last three years, he estimates there were more than 500 head of cattle stolen in the area, with thefts escalating in the last 18 months.
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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.
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Dr. Robert Hough Named DAS Animal Science Distinguished Alumnus
Dr. Robert Hough will be honored during the Little I/Dairy Expo weekend on April 12 and 13 at University Park.
Dr. R.L. "Bob" Hough has been selected as the Penn State Department of Animal Science’s Animal Science Distinguished Alumnus for 2013, and will be honored during the Little I/Dairy Expo weekend on April 12 and 13 at University Park.
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Online access to archived Ohio State beef schools available
Tracy Turner
Drovers
The Ohio State University Beef Team has archived the 2013 Ohio Beef School and the 2013 Ohio Beef Feedlot School.
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