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Memories for November
The job of growing markets for U.S. beef just got a bit tougher, thanks to House Democrats. In early April, President Bush placed the U.S.-Colombia free-trade...
Getting The UPPER HAND
Despite setbacks in 2007, beef industry leaders believe they're doing a good job of keeping pathogens at bay when it comes to their products. They also...
Losing Immigrant Labor
Even before Homeland Security put a ratchet to the threads of American commerce, few were willing to discuss it openly. And now, with the elevated threat...
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....
Lessons in consolidation
You likely cringed upon first hearing last month that Brazil-based JBS S.A. (JBS) acquired National Beef and Smithfield Beef Group (SBG) the nation's...
California Nightmare
The tentacles of the largest beef recall in history – 143,383,823 lbs. – have reached all across the country. If the surreptitious video of exhausted and disabled dairy cattle being tortured...
USDA ag projections
USDA released its 10-year agriculture projections in February, and it anticipates a drop in production of all meats for the next few years as more and more corn is diverted to ethanol...
And Nebraska makes 10
Nebraska is the 10th state to register at least 50% of its livestock premises under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Meanwhile, USDA's...
NAFTA is now 100%
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was fully implemented Jan. 1. Thus, the last remaining trade restrictions were removed for U.S. exports...
Populist destruction
You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of a gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies....
No Early Outs For Conservation Reserve Program
Acting USDA Secretary Chuck Conner says USDA's position remains that there will not be any early release of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts...
USDA Secretary Confirmation
The Senate Ag Committee will hold former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer's confirmation hearing for USDA Secretary on Jan. 24. Schafer was nominated by President George W. Bush ...
U.S. Horse Slaughter Moves To Mexico
U.S. horses shipped to Mexico for slaughter more than tripled in 2007, after all three U.S. horse slaughter plants were closed, according to the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. As of Dec. 20, 2007...
Reaction To Cloned Animal Announcement
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) said, "Milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring will enter the food supply. They can do so immediately. The products will not be labeled as such and American consumers will have no way to avoid consuming them." ...
Clones Are Halfway To Approval -- Consumers Are Next
The biggest news of the week was the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement that clones from cattle, swine and goats are safe for human consumption. ...
FDA Says Cloned Animals Are Safe; EU Moves Closer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally ...
Local Politics
With the presidential campaign in full swing, you're probably assessing each candidate's support for business-friendly legislation. The priorities of...
Naturally raised claim
USDA wants comments on its proposed voluntary standard for a naturally raised marketing claim for livestock and meat. Published in the Nov. 28 Federal...
8 in '08
Food Safety: For much of 2007, consumer and political concerns over beef safety, particularly E. coli O157:H7, had nearly been crossed off the list of industry issues. Then came the Topps recall...
Schafer tapped for USDA
President Bush has nominated former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer to be the next USDA Secretary. Having served as governor from 1992-2000, Schafer currently...
Get active in politics
In the last two election cycles, more agriculture leadership in the U.S. House and Senate has been lost than ever before, says John Queen, National Cattlemen's...
EPA looks for advice
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is forming a Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee to advise the EPA administrator on...
Grass-fed label finalized
USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) finalized a voluntary standard for a grass-fed livestock marketing claim. The grass-fed standard will be for...
Packer ban is a step backwards
At press time, the Senate Agriculture Committee had just included language that would place a ban on packer ownership of livestock - in the Senate version...
A Chat With USDA's Bruce Knight About National ID
BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly chatted this week with with Bruce Knight, USDA undersecretary for marketing, on National Animal Identification System (NAIS) issues. Here's a bit of the give and take. ...
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...
