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On a day to day basis every producer has the task of bringing consistent, accurate information to the marketplace in an effort of promote the beef product and to support this way of life. Understanding the challenge this presents in the marketplace and in the media is an important part of the battle and is the reason for this series of articles.

For decades, cattle from the southeastern U.S. have sold at a discount compared to cattle from the Midwest. Data says they deserve better, according to a beef cattle specialist with Certified Angus Beef LLC.

Greed and stupidity must both travel on the same chromosome.

If you long for the good old days when a keen eye and perhaps a basic knowledge of cow families was more than enough to sort bulls, you're not alone. Though genetic selection is more accurate than ever, it can also seem more complex than the Tax Code.

This article will review the value that AI has to offer to the beef cattle producer and attempt to illustrate some of the production and economic benefits of this powerful resource. Hopefully we'll look some converts.

The winter storm that rolled through the South in early January brought rain, snow, ice, blustery winds and tem¬peratures that dropped into the teens in Starkville, Miss. In spite of the conditions, a good crowd arrived at the Little Creek Farms Sale Facility on January 9 to appraise the offering of Full Fleckvieh Simmental and Red Angus cattle.

A big supporter of youth in the beef industry made a sizeable contribution to the future of the Hereford breed Jan. 16 in the Beef Palace Auction Arena at the National Western Stock Show in Denver.

Cattlemen have always been interested in one number; in particular with their financial reports, the bottom line. Speculation quickly turns to fact if it is in red or black ink, but how that figure came to be has been a mystery for some.

The middle class has gone missing in this country. In America today it seems like we have the super wealthy and we have the needy, with the middle class nowhere to be found.

Hooter ran through his mental list one more time as he started his pickup.

At one point or another, most cattle operations form a partnership with another person or entity. Perhaps it is a partnership on a single head of cattle (e.g., a flush cow, a bull in a stud, a show heifer) or perhaps it is a more long-term partnership where profits and losses will be shared among family members or cattle operations.

Run enough bulls long enough and it's not a matter of whether one will become unusable; it's a matter of when and how many.

Ridgefield Farm, Brasstown, N.C. was selected as the 2009 Braunvieh Association of America (BAA) Breeder of the Year at the BAA 25th anniversary annual meeting, national show and sale in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show, Denver Colo., January 13-15.

In preparation for key battles it foresees for the beef industry in coming years, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) Board of Directors voted to adopt a report and governance structure concept by a Governance Task Force that would guide to significant structural changes to the organization.

Dense fog is being blamed as the primary factor in an early morning collision between two semi truck trailers on the Avenue of the Saints in Floyd County between Floyd and Rudd. Neither driver was seriously injured, but the wreck let loose a number of cattle on the roadway and adjacent fields.

Durham's Grocery meat cutter Mike Estes is ebullient. The usually upbeat guy is thrilled that today the store will be selling locally produced beef custom clip in his store.

    The Missoula Livestock  Exchange posted 271 receipts forMarch 11.

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2010 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 41st annual NHRA GATORNATIONALS Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 12-14, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net HAGAN SNAGS NO. 1 IN GATORNATIONALS QUALIFYING GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 13, 2010) - Matt Hagan, driving the ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 14, 2010) - Polesitter Matt Hagan set the national top-speed record racing to 1000 feet today at the 41st NHRA Gatornationals when he ran 316.15 mph to win the opening round of silly Car eliminations driving the DieHard Dodge Charger silly Car for Don Schumacher Racing.

We had a bit of different weather last week with some sun days when rain was expected, strong wind from the west and higher temperatures. We may receive some crops planted after every. We should have kept records this past winter and last fall as it could be the weather we will have in the next few years. I don't play cards, however, I do understand you play the hand you are dealt and so goes farming.

CASTLETON - C.J. Blew dreams of the vast farm that his young family could someday live on.He talks a ...

It can receive icy in the Nevis Valley, very icy. In the depths of winter there have been 20 consecutive days with at least 20degC frosts.

ROCKVILLE — After 94-year-old Laura Dethlefs died last fall, her family found more than 40 Angus sale catalogs set aside like precious memories and neatly stacked in a drawer.

Japan reinforced its position as a key trading partner for the U.S. beef and pork industries in 2009, clearly outperforming the market and either maintaining or increasing U.S. beef and pork imports even as total retail and foodservice spending in Japan slumped in the global economic slowdown.

The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association (BCIA) recently named the 2009 Commercial Producer of the Year during their Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with the 67th Annual Alabama Cattlemen's Association Convention in Huntsville on February 13.

There are many things that influence calving ease and length of labor in cows and heifers, and some of these factors can be managed—to help ensure safe and easy delivery of calves.

As the headline says the store cattle trade is flying along at the moment, with John Swan's sale at St Boswells today reported as a good show of cattle sold at extreme rates with plenty of yearlings making more than 200p/kg and more cattle needed to satisfy buyers.

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