Beef - General
A rural veterinarian in Faribault County, Minn., is offering to give away his practice, clinic, pickup and even the vet clinic cat, in an effort to recruit his replacement.
An unexpected conversation in the check-out lane spurred editor Jennifer Shike to weigh in on the stock show prize we need to spend more time talking about these days.
Twelve groups representing farmers and companies who make a majority of America’s meat, poultry, dairy and animal feed and ingredients, unveiled the Protein PACT for the People, Animals, and Climate of Tomorrow
CoBank says challenges brought on by COVID-19 will speed up automation throughout many sectors of the supply chain. Here’s a deeper look at the animal protein industries in CoBank’s latest report.
Pork export value exceeded $800 million for the first time in May, while beef exports recorded the third consecutive month of value record highs, driven in part by record-large exports to South Korea.
Is Petition 13 out of Oregon as ridiculous as it sounds? Hannah Thompson-Weeman, vice president for strategic engagement at the Animal Agriculture Alliance, weighs in on Petition 13, the PAUSE Act and Prop 12.
As part of its Hometown Strong program, JBS USA says it will invest additional funds to work with local leaders to build new homes and establish revolving funds to stimulate housing construction.
With the COVID-19 pandemic sparking a nationwide ‘Buy Local’ campaign in Mexico, the USMEF found a creative way to appeal to consumers’ desire to support local agriculture.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Sen. Mike Crapo introduced bipartisan legislation to address the shortfall of veterinarians in rural areas.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced a new tool in the war against feral hogs with the release of a new hog contraceptive bait entering the market this week.
The White House says President Joe Biden will address cyber attacks with Russia at a meeting later this month and won’t take any options off the table when responding to the recent cyberattack on meat producer JBS.
A federal district court ruling, if left unchallenged, will result in a 2.5% loss in pork packing plant capacity nationwide and over $80 million in reduced income for small U.S. hog farmers, says economist Dermot Hayes.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has set her sights on changing how the world produces and consumes food in order to counteract a trio of threats: carbon emissions, disease outbreaks and animal suffering.
JBS USA announced it has suffered an organized cyberattack that has affected servers supporting its IT systems in North America and Australia.
After JBS confirmed a cyberattack shuttered some of its processing plants, USDA’s daily cattle slaughter estimates revealed 94,000 head of cattle were processed on Tuesday, a drop of 27,000 head compared to last week.
Less than two weeks after JBS was hit with a cyberattack impacting operations in Australia and North America, Congress is now calling on JBS to provide documents and communications related to the May 30 attack.
Cargill’s CEO says the company is in the middle of a major shakeup as it says consumers will continue to demand more plant-based protein products.
With so much conversation around sustainable nutrition and some voices calling for everyone to ditch meat to save the planet, we all need to get more comfortable communicating about nutrition.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed, overloaded, scattered? Generally, pandemic or not, leaders feel at least a little bit this way all the time, explains leadership coach Marlene Eick. She says the question is, is this ok?
A new study claims U.S. agriculture, in particular animal agriculture, is a major source of air pollution. NCBA’s Ethan Lane says the misleading nature of this study contributes to the false narrative around animal ag.
A tradition for more than 100 years will now be a thing of the past. The CME Group announced this week it’s not reopening the open outcry pits on the trading floor, which means the tradition will be gone for good.
March beef and pork exports each posted the highest monthly value on record. Pork exports and shipments of beef muscle cuts also set new volume records in March.
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) re-elected and welcomed new board members at the 2021 Annual Conference, and announced award winners.
“Suck it up buttercup.” This familiar phrase is one many farmers and ranchers learn early in life: be tough, self-reliant and resilient. But experts say that approach doesn’t work when dealing with stress.
Secretary Vilsack flatly denied there is any effort by President Biden to reduce meat consumption to meet proposed cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. “Sometimes in the political world, games get played,” he said.
It started with a broken baler. The farmer panicked. He had recently lost his brother to cancer and his father to old age. Not to mention he had 2,500 acres to farm, 250 beef cows to attend to and his crop just froze.
The Ohio Expositions Commission announced that the 2021 Ohio State Fair will not be open to the public, and will instead focus on agricultural and educational competitions for exhibitors, their families and guests.
Senators John Hoeven and Michael Bennet reintroduced the Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act, bipartisan legislation to reform the Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Device regulations at the U.S. DOT.
The governments of nearly half the U.S. states are in agreement of the North American Meat Institute’s petition challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12.
Failure is a part of life, but how we bounce back from it determines how successful we will become.