Calf-Tel Unveils New Pen Front

Lizzy SchultzAg Group, Calves, Cattle, Equipment, Products

The innovators at Hampel Corporation have introduced a new pen front for Calf-Tel’s modular pen system, showcasing a design that will offer calf raisers more customizable options than ever. “The new pen front works seamlessly with existing Calf-Tel pens, is more user-friendly and now provides a number of enhanced features that give calf raisers the ability to adapt the modular … Read More

Animal Ag Reacts to Cool Announcement

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Beef, Cattle, COOL, Export, Policy, Pork

The broad spending and tax legislation compromise unveiled by House Republicans Tuesday night included a very big announcement on the repeal of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat to prevent more than $1 billion in trade sanctions from Mexico and Canada approved last week by the WTO. “Farm Bureau supports COOL programs that are in line with world trade rules,” … Read More

Merck Animal Health Focuses on Feedlot Stockmanship

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Cattle, Merck

Merck Animal Health is committed to supporting cattlemen in their efforts to make continuous improvements through its CreatingConnections™ Educational Series. The second module is now available and features leading cattle-handling experts who provide valuable insights on achieving excellent feedlot stockmanship. “In this video, our focus is on building the animal’s confidence and trust so that the cattle are willing to … Read More

Bayer Talks Animal Health Innovation

Lizzy SchultzAg Group, Animal Health, Audio, Cattle, NAFB

Bayer Health Care had several representatives from their Animal Health Team on hand at Trade Talks during the 2015 National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) Convention to discuss two of their latest innovations in animal healthcare. Doug Stouffer, Food Animal Marketing Communications Manager for Bayer, sat down during Trade Talks to discuss Zelnate, Bayer’s latest non-antibiotic innovation to fight Bovine … Read More

Cattlemen's Webinar Series

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Beef, Cattle, NCBA, Trade, Transportation

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) will be hosting a webinar series on transportation, trade and taxes. The educational event will take place December 10th at 7pm Central. From trade to transportation, 2015 has been a turbulent year for a number of policy issues important to cattlemen and women both on Capitol Hill and within the federal agencies. Join NCBA … Read More

Merial Preps Producers on Winter Health

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Cattle, Deworming, NAFB, Vaccine, Veterinary

Dr. Tony Moravec is a Technical Service Veterinarian at Merial where he has been working for almost ten years now. He took the time to speak with Jamie Johansen at the NAFB conference to talk about vaccines, winter health, and the use of antibiotics. One of Merial’s most exciting projects has been the introduction of LongRange, an injectable, long-acting dewormer … Read More

AgriClear – Empowering Both Buyer & Seller

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Auctions, Audio, Cattle, Markets, NAFB

AgriClear has been providing an online platform for buying and selling cattle since June of this year. This novel idea is changing the way business is transacted and is empowering cattlemen and women to buy and sell cattle on their terms with efficiency and payment assurance at it’s forefront. AgriClear allows producers all over the United States and Canada to … Read More

CattleFax Webinar on 2016 Calf Market Expectations

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Cattle, Markets

An upcoming free CattleFax webinar will address a 2016 outlook for the cow-calf segment and entire beef sector, while exploring continued cowherd expansion. They say cow-calf margins will shrink as the U.S. beef cowherd expands, but producers can ensure future profitability by adjusting business plans for the supply increase. The CattleFax Trends+ Cow-Calf Webinar will be at 5:30 p.m. MT, … Read More

NCBA Update from Trade Talk

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Audio, Beef, Cattle, NAFB, NCBA

The agriculture community united to share the latest information on their industry at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s Trade Talk and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association was in that crowd. First up, we hear from Vice President of Government Affairs, Colin Woodall. He discusses dietary guidelines, Waters of the United States, trade, foreign animal diseases and the Endangered Species … Read More