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IT'S THE PITTS -- BACKGROUND CHECK

We met at high noon, she was dressed completely in green from her pilates shoes to her forest green sweatband. She wore spandex leotards, an Audubon pin and a Sierra Club tee shirt with John Muir's face on it.

8 May 2012, 5:04 pm | click here to view more

SENEPOL BULL TEST SALE TO BE HELD APRIL 21, 2012 IN BLADENBORO, NC

The Senepol Bull Test Sale will be held April 21, 2012 at HJ White Farm in Bladenboro, NC.

18 Apr 2012, 4:09 pm | click here to view more

Brangus showing makes history at Beef

HISTORY was made at Beef Australia yesterday when the largest number of Brangus stud cattle ever shown in Australia took to the centre ring of the Rockhampton Showgrounds.

9 May 2012, 2:43 pm | click here to view more

CHECKOFF RELEASES BEEF TENDERNESS SURVEY

With funding from the beef checkoff, the industry has been tracking beef tenderness for 20 years with the first benchmarking survey conducted in 1990. In more recent surveys, foodservice cuts were added and a consumer sensory panel was substituted for previously used trained sensory panels because the consumer's perception of tenderness is the ultimate determinant of a clip's success.

2 May 2012, 4:57 pm | click here to view more

Dangarfield's D-day

IT was D-day for the Taroom district Dangarfield Santa Gertrudis stud operated by stud breeders, Robert and Ben Adams and family in the Santa Gertrudis judging ring at Beef 2012.

17 May 2012, 2:04 pm | click here to view more

LIPSCOMB HONORED BY ALABAMA BCIA

The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association recently honored William “Bill” Lipscomb as the 2011 Richard Deese Award recipient during their Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with the 69th Annual Alabama Cattlemen's Association Convention in Huntsville on March 31st.

2 May 2012, 4:57 pm | click here to view more

HUNTIN' DAYLIGHT -- TWO SIDES OF CONSUMER RESPONSE

Consumers and the mainstream media are a fickle lot, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad.

7 May 2012, 5:55 pm | click here to view more

PRODUCERS FACE SCRUTINY FROM PUBLIC OVER ANTIBIOTIC FEEDING

The use of antibiotics in food animal feeding has been a common practice for years. It has also been below flame from a variety of scientists, doctors, consumer groups and the media for years.

25 Apr 2012, 5:14 pm | click here to view more

GROUND BEEF GETS A "RAW DEAL" IN MEDIA COVERAGE

A Mississippi State University meat scientist is describing recent media reports as irresponsible journalism that casts a shadow over established practices that make certain ground beef products healthier and safer.

14 May 2012, 5:14 pm | click here to view more

BLACK INK -- FAMILIAR OR LOADED WORDS

By its simplest definition, a cliché is something you have heard before. Writers are taught to avoid using them unless it is with a twist or to “shine new light on” something previously unexplored or even imagined.

25 Apr 2012, 5:13 pm | click here to view more

Two in a row for Rodgers

DOUGLAS Rodgers attributes his second consecutive Queensland young judges Merino sheep title to the tutelage of his boss Duncan Ferguson and overseer Mick Campbell.

10 May 2012, 2:28 pm | click here to view more

CATTLE PRODUCERS OFFERED NATIVE GRASSES INFORMATION

An informational program and station tour of Mississippi State University's Prairie Research Unit will focus on native grass and cattle production May 31.

17 May 2012, 4:50 pm | click here to view more

USE CAUTION WHEN RESTOCKING AFTER DROUGHT

Experts with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are advising beef cattle producers to use caution and strategic planning when thinking about restocking herds after drought.

7 May 2012, 5:54 pm | click here to view more

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CattleToday.com has all the latest cattle news including the up to the minute USDA Market Reports. Check it out.

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PROPER DEVELOPMENT LEADS TO PRODUCTIVE COWS

Finding common ground when it comes to developing the next generation of productive cows has always been a challenge for the beef industry.

23 Apr 2012, 5:35 pm | click here to view more

IT'S THE PITTS -- OR SO I HEAR

I am one of the 10 percent of adult Americans who don't possess a cell phone. It's not that I think cell phones are the work of the devil, or that they aren't handy, it's just that I am far too busy listening to other people's conversations to have one of my possess.

24 Apr 2012, 5:25 pm | click here to view more

Droughtmasters in big demand

The WA Bos Indicus Bull Sale began with a good clearance of Droughtmaster bulls - 28 of the 33 offered sold for an average price of $2818.

25 Apr 2012, 8:02 pm | click here to view more

Santa bulls have the X factor

The inaugural Elders Invitation X Factor Bull Sale was highlighted by the $7000 top-price Santa Gertrudis bull offered by the Hall family, of Tanglewood stud, Piawaning.

25 Apr 2012, 8:01 pm | click here to view more

RECORD KEEPING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HARD

As calf prices increase and more volatility comes to the input side of beef production, completing the task is more important than ever and some of the loopholes or shortcuts no longer exist when it comes to profitable beef production.

14 May 2012, 5:13 pm | click here to view more

ANTIBIOTICS GIVEN TO CATTLE FOR SAME REASONS AS HUMANS

In Part 2 of this series we will review the use of antibiotics in cattle, both therapeutic (injected and fed) and non-therapeutic (fed – used to address sickness or to improve animal performance), applications.

8 May 2012, 5:05 pm | click here to view more

Chico FFA scoop up wins

Chico FFA member J.D. Redwine won the Junior High Point Herdsman Award in the Junior Commercial Steer Feeding & Management Show at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo in March.

2 May 2012, 2:02 pm | click here to view more

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOOTER MCCORMICK...GULLY'S BAPTISM

If you've ever been a pallbearer, fighting to keep hold of your part of the precious cargo, lest your slip sets loose a chain reaction that ultimately upends the proverbial applecart, then you have some idea how desperate Thomas Terwilliger was becoming.

23 Apr 2012, 5:35 pm | click here to view more

BLACK CREST FARMS HOSTS ANNUAL SALE

The Black Crest Farms Annual Sale was held February 11, 2012 in Sumter, S.C.

24 Apr 2012, 5:27 pm | click here to view more