Texas cattle ranchers adapt to climate change

Cattle farmers in Texas are moving their herds north, to greener pastures. Everyone knows that Texas has been hot and dry. Cattlemen are responding to this new news. Given that they expect that this drought will continue, they are seeking out new “verdant” areas to raise their cattle. Investment under uncertainty and rational expectations lives [...]

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Meat traders call on CAP crisis fund to be available for price rises as well as falls

The International Meat Trade Association (IMTA) has called for increased flexibility over European Union (EU) commodity crisis management so that soaring meat prices – as well as price collapses – can be tamed by the European Commission. Its comments come as Brussels today released its anticipated proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which [...]

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Steamboat Springs entrepreneur goes from T-shirts to T-bones

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Ryan Wood hustles through the weathered barns and cabins on his Sweetwood Ranch, pointing out century-old ladders and floors well-worn by countless shuffling boots. “I’m a sucker for this old stuff,” he says in a restored log cabin that once served as a post office at a gold mining camp near his [...]

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National Steak and Poultry Makes Additions To Their Sirloin Steak Offerings

National Steak and Poultry has been very successful with their products under the brand name Steakhouse Certified®. This line extension consists of five new beef items for the center of the plate. Each item is packaged with 1 to 4 pieces per pouch. The new beef items are part of the Steakhouse Certified® brand that [...]

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NM Cattle cleared of TB threat

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Clovis, NM – Some good news for Eastern New Mexico ranchers devastated by this drought. They now have one less thing to worry about, thanks to the USDA. The federal agency determined the threat of bovine tuberculosis is no longer there for cattle in Curry and Roosevelt counties. Dairy and beef production are central to the [...]

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Going Green: Impact of Modern Beef Production on the Environment

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Galen Erickson, beef feedlot Extension specialist and professor in the Department of Animal Science, will present “Going Green: Impact of Modern Beef Production on the Environment” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 28, in the Hardin Hall Auditorium on East Campus. Erickson finds that the U.S. beef production system is actually advantageous in terms of water [...]

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Cattle from drought-stricken areas quarantined

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LINCOLN — With cattle flooding into Nebraska from drought-stricken states like Texas and Oklahoma, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture on Wednesday warned cattle producers to be sure to get proper testing and animal health certificates for the animals they buy. The department has begun to quarantine a handful of herds that lack proper paperwork for [...]

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‘Food Dialogues’ seeks to bust food myths

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KEARNEY — Cattle producers have joined with other ag organizations to assert themselves as myth busters who lead conversations with U.S. consumers about how and where their food is produced. Forrest Roberts, chief executive officer of the Centennial, Colo.-based National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, told the Nebraska Beef Council Board of Directors Tuesday in Kearney that [...]

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U.S. working to end Japanese beef import restrictions

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TOKYO — It is too soon to tell if a new Japanese cabinet will remove restrictions limiting U.S. beef exports to Japan, a top foreign agriculture official said. But, Geoff Wiggin, agricultural minister of USDA’s Japan office, said both U.S. and Japanese officials have said they are making it a priority. “I do know it [...]

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USDA Expands List of Banned E. Coli in Ground Beef Products

The Department of Agriculture announced today that the department is taking new approaches to tackle the problem of E. coli and the dangers it poses to food in the country. The USDA said it plans on adding six other serogroups, or strains, of E. coli to the list of strains barred from being found in [...]

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