As many of the producers that I visit and speak to, the one critical aspect of owning cattle is great handling facilities. The appropriate facilities are advantageous in numerous ways. I will outline two of them briefly here. Safety - This is probably the biggest...
Beginning Feb. 1, all cattle producers will have easy access to industry updates and management information on their mobile devices or desktops. The redesigned CattleFax.com and free CattleFax mobile application will become one-stop destinations for daily weather, futures markets, industry news...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intent to hold livestock owners, transporters, haulers and other persons not employed by an official establishment responsible if they commit acts involving inhumane handling of livestock in...
I just read about this on a website. You may want to consider participating and make your opinions count! Anonymous survey seeks input from every segment of beef industry WASHINGTON — Beef producers all across the country, from every segment of the industry, are...
by Taking Stock Contributor By Samantha Kneeskern Ground beef is a very popular protein option at the grocery store. In fact, in terms of volume,64% of total beef purchased is ground beef¹. When choosing a package of ground beef from the retail case, consumers rely heavily on...
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced Sept. 12 that it is entering the next phase of its efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance by focusing for the first time on medically important antimicrobials (i.e., those important for treating human disease) used in animal feed or water...
