Missouri Corn Merchandising Council board member Greg Schneider of Warrenton, Mo., recently joined a trade delegation to promote U.S. corn-fed beef in Japan and Korea. Encouraging consumption of grain-fed beef with meat distributors and retailers, Schneider joined farmers from four other states on the U.S. Meat Export Federation mission July 26-Aug. 1. “The global livestock industry is a major user … Read More
Japanese Journalists Get Look at U.S. Beef Industry
A team of Japanese technical journalists visited offices of the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), the National Cattleman’s Beef Association (NCBA), research facilities at Colorado State University (CSU) and cattle-production operations in Colorado. Funding support for the team’s visit was provided by the Beef Checkoff Program and the USDA Market Access Program (MAP) and provided insight into the U.S. beef … Read More
BIVI Market Ready to Tackle Consumer Concerns
It is no secret within the beef community that a stigma has been created around the use of antibiotics in beef cattle. There is now an almost universal concern among consumers regarding the use of antibiotics and other drugs in animals raised for meat, causing a large producer-consumer disconnect; one that is the perfect catalyst for innovative advances in agricultural … Read More
Farm Bureau Develops 'Ag Mag' for Beef Production
A new agricultural magazine will give students inside and outside the classroom an education in beef production. The Ag Mag, a newspaper-style reader developed by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and funded in part by the Beef Checkoff, features information about beef production, nutrition and related careers, and encourages discussions about the industry in the classroom and at … Read More
USDA Market News: Drop in Cow Meat and 90 % Trim
The cow cutout dropped $12 yesterday. The biggest product from cows, ninety percernt trimmings, dropped $23. According to Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News, this indicates they are having problems moving ground beef items and may have had to dump some products. This might point towards longer term issues. The Cow Cutout down 12 dollars and those Ninety percent trimmings which … Read More
NCBA's Beltway Beef Weekly Audio
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) Beltway Beef is a weekly commentary featuring NCBA members, leaders, staff and more week after week. This week we hear from Colin Woodall, NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs, is here. He discusses the recent developments surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency’s final Waters of The United States rule. Listen to this week’s Beltway Beef … Read More
eBEEF.org Focuses on Genetic Improvements in Beef
A new website called eBEEF.org was developed by beef cattle scientists to help producers to have to the latest beef cattle genetics and genomics information. The website, showcased at the 2015 Beef Improvement Federation Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi, is part of the national extension program, an interactive program that delivers research-based information to the public from land-grant universities across the … Read More
Five Nations Beef Alliance Says TPP Must Deliver
Beef producers from Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries are calling for a high-quality market access deal on beef to be secured at the TPP ministerial meeting in Hawaii in late July. The group make up the Five Nations Beef Alliance (FNBA) and include Cattle Council of Australia, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Confederacion Nacional de Organizaciones Ganaderas, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, … Read More
Farming New Holland SMART in Pennsylvania
Rob and Amy Hess own Bow Creek Farm near Hershey, PA. They raise Red Angus cattle and are true blue New Holland customers. During New Holland Media Days one of our stops was the farm where Rob and Amy gave us a tour and answered questions. We ended up at one of their hay fields to do a little baling … Read More
U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef Sets Course
The common goal of continuously improving beef sustainability brought over 120 beef producers, retailers, foodservice operators, processors, academics, allied industry partners and non-governmental organizations to the first U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef General Assembly meeting. “Continuously improving beef sustainability requires the cooperation and collaboration of every segment of the beef value chain, from the rancher to the consumer,” said USRSB … Read More