Mark Parker: The Top 10 ways a farmer remembers his wedding anniversary

Mark Parker:  The Top 10 ways a farmer remembers his wedding anniversary

FarmTalk

10. Well, I recall vetoing pheasant season, deer season, the NFR and sale days.

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Take Measures to Prevent Foot Problems in Herd

Take Measures to Prevent Foot Problems in Herd

Stephen B. Blezinger, Ph.D., PAS

Cattle Today

As is common every year about this time, I have been getting calls and emails regarding hoof problems producers are seeing in their cattle. Generally this starts with “I’ve been having several cases of foot rot over the last few weeks. . . . ,” and the follow up discussion covers potential treatment and prevention.

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Looking a Little Green

Looking a Little Green

Victoria Myers

Progressive Farmer

Using a receiver about the size of a sheet of paper, as many as 62,000 cattle spread across 2 miles can be electronically tracked and analyzed for even the most subdued signs of illness. What happens if an animal is sick? They go green, literally.

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‘Trial of a Lifetime’ Plays Out in Tiny South Dakota Town

‘Trial of a Lifetime’ Plays Out in Tiny South Dakota Town

Ag News Feed

In this rural outpost of just over 1,900 residents, a local college student has become a courtroom sketch artist, trailers on Main Street are ersatz offices for a major law firm and members of an agricultural youth club are puzzled by a new metal detector at the local courthouse. The changes are part of Elk Point’s selection as site of a multibillion-dollar defamation case pitting ABC News against South Dakota-meat processor, Beef Products Inc. The company contends that ABC and reporter Jim Avila defamed it by referring to its signature product as “pink slime” in 2012 broadcasts.

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Producers deserve better from NAFTA

Producers deserve better from NAFTA

The Business Farmer

On the heels of an announcement that the Trump Administration intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), National Farmers Union (NFU) is urging the administration to amend the agreement to work in the interest of independent beef producers.

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Farm groups, lenders urge Congress to ensure access to credit

Farm groups, lenders urge Congress to ensure access to credit

Ali Luety

Agri Pulse

A group of 21 farm and lending organizations, including the National Farmers Union and the American Bankers Association, is urging the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees to make sure the country’s farmers and ranchers have adequate access to credit as they face another year of difficult economic conditions.

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Select Sires Inc., and Accelerated Genetics to Join Forces

Select Sires Inc., and Accelerated Genetics to Join Forces

The board of directors for Select Sires Inc., and Accelerated Genetics have reached a unanimous decision to unify the two cooperatives. Under the planned agreement, Select Sires will acquire the assets of Accelerated Genetics, joining forces of employees and independent sales representatives in each of their geographical member organizations.

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Some Hurdles for U.S. Beef Before China Shipments Begin

Some Hurdles for U.S. Beef Before China Shipments Begin

Ashley Davenport

Drovers

The United States Department of Agriculture posted the requirements for its export verification program for U.S. establishments shipping to China, which will enable packers to apply for approval to export to China.

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Have a cow: A new way to buy beef makes its way to DC

Have a cow: A new way to buy beef makes its way to DC

WTOP

Steak fans, sink your teeth into this: A quality cut of sustainable beef is now just a click away. Last week, the Seattle-based startup Crowd Cow expanded its reach to the D.C. area. The company sells cuts of sustainable meat from small farms across the U.S., one cow at a time, using a crowdfunding model. In fact, co-founder Joe Heitzeberg likens the business to “Kickstarter for cows.”

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Bibersteinia trehalosi on the rise in beef cattle

Bibersteinia trehalosi on the rise in beef cattle

Alan Newport

Beef Magazine

Last night, a storm blew through our ranch, and even though it wasn’t much, we were grateful to receive a quarter-inch of precipitation. Much of the area is experiencing drought-like conditions already this summer, and as producers run short of pasture and available forages, more pairs are headed to the sale barn.

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