Seven Steps to Take Nutrition Up a Notch
Mark Parker
Progressive Farmer
"Bred," the veterinarian called out from the back of the chute. The gates fly open, and a heifer scrambles out as another takes her place. She, too, is bred.
Seven Steps to Take Nutrition Up a Notch
Mark Parker
Progressive Farmer
"Bred," the veterinarian called out from the back of the chute. The gates fly open, and a heifer scrambles out as another takes her place. She, too, is bred.
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Managing first-calf beef females after calving
Rick Rasby
Angus Journal
Calving season is upon us. You’ve spent a lot of time selecting, managing and designing a breeding program for the females that are calving for the first time.
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Missouri Group Files Lawsuit Against State’s Proposed Beef Checkoff
AgriMarketing
The Missouri Rural Crisis Center is suing the Missouri Department of Agriculture over the current referendum process for a proposed $1 per head state Beef checkoff. Rhonda Perry is the Center’s program director who says there are numerous problems with the process. She says the process disenfranchises some voters and discourages producers from registering and voting.
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Opposition to a controversial technique could leave millions hungry
James D Murray and Jenny Graves
Business Insider
The newest technology for improving food plants and animals – gene editing – does not use genetic engineering techniques to insert or replace bits of DNA. Instead, there are genetic tricks for simply tweaking the genetic code in known ways. Why wait for a cosmic ray or a replication accident to make a favorable change in the genetic code? This can take many years because most natural mutations are bad. Now geneticists can alter the code in known ways to improve the growth, environmental tolerance, disease resistance or nutritional value of the organism.
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Massive Lexington stockyards fire ruled accidental
WAVE
Investigators say a preliminary investigation has found that a construction worker accidentally started a massive fire that destroyed a beef cattle auction business in Lexington.
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Heavier weights pressure markets
Blair Fannin
Wilson County News
More feedlot placements than expected, coupled with large supplies of cold storage beef, will pressure cattle prices in the near term, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service livestock economist. Dr. David Anderson, livestock economist in College Station, said the recent cattle on feed report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) depicts fewer heifers placed on feed, signaling continued expansion among producers across the country.
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Pasture lease rates continue higher
Wes Ishmael
BEEF
When does the rocket ship that is carrying pasture rent rates higher and higher run out of fuel? That’s the question on the minds of many as cattle producers prepare for spring turnout and summer grazing.
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