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Beef brand affects perception of taste

Here's another article that I think is interesting... Kansas State University meat scientists have found that the brand name on beef at the grocery store makes a difference to consumers when it hits the dinner plate. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in 2015 that close to 100 brands...
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It’s grass tetany season

The weather is warming, well, minus the periodic snowstorm.  Nevertheless temperatures are beginning to rise which means greening and growing pastures (or very soon) and that means cattlemen need to pay special attention to grass tentany prevention.Grass tetany is known by numerous names -...
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Ear tag units may detect sick beef cattle

Technology can be a wonderful thing...especially when it works!  One technology is accelerometers.  They measure acceleration such as when a smartphone switches orientation from portrait to landscape, depending on how it's tilted, or a car's airbag inflates when it senses collision forces...
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New app features reproduction management info, BEEF news

As they say there's an app for that.  I was reading and found this article and if you have a smart phone and use apps, then maybe consider downloading this one.University of Tennessee (UT) Extension IT Specialist Brad Greenfield and UT Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Justin Rhinehart have...
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USDA predicts net farm cash and income will drop in 2015

The nation's farms should prepare to see lower net cash and net income for 2015 if projections from USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) prove true. ERS is forecasting that net cash income for U.S. farms is expected to fall by 27.7 percent in 2015 while net farm income is expected to drop by...
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Analyst dissects latest world beef trade data

By Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University extension livestock marketing specialist Among top global beef exporters, the 2016 market situation is quite variable according to the latest USDA World Markets and Trade report for livestock and poultry. India passed Brazil in 2014 to become the No. 1...
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