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Violative residues
The elimination of violative residues in beef is one of the most important elements facing ranchers and cattle feeders in producing safe food products....
Tracking Cloned Livestock
In December, livestock cloning companies ViaGen, Inc. and Trans Ova Genetics introduced a supply chain management program to identify cloned animals as...
Beef Quality Advocate
The beef industry must work day to day to keep its eye on the target. That's the motivation for Carl Crabtree, a Grangeville, ID rancher, in his efforts to make sure Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) programming remains “job one” throughout the U.S. beef industry.
For nearly 20 years, BQA educational programming has reached thousands of beef and dairy producers in nearly every state. BQA concepts have been instrumental in...
Handbook of Beef Safety and Quality
This 240-page guide edited by Oklahoma State University assistant professor of animal science Deborah L. VanOverbeke is aimed at beef-industry specialists,...
Proving It
Better prices are available for calves and yearlings with third-party verification (TPV) of solid preconditioning and age and source verification. But...
Implants' effects
A report appearing in the British journal Human Reproduction in March speculates a link between infertility in adult males with the amount of beef consumed...
Do-It-Yourself Preconditioning
A feedyard pen, says Jack Scoggins Jr., isn't the place to start calves. While that reality has long been known by cattle feeders, it's especially true...
Animal Welfare Requirements For Federal Meat Purchases
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
