The United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the Pacific Region Livestock Review. Following is excerpts from the report. California Cattle on Feed Cattle and calves on…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…destroyed rainforest regions in Central and South America for Mexican consumption – a practice that has already begun. Unlimited beef imports would also lower the income of family-sized cattle producers…
The Western View: Carbon Farming
…food and cover crops throughout the growing season. When the growing season is done, some use cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens to eat the remnants of the crop and trample…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…University project aimed at improving our knowledge of starch digestion in cattle, and an Iowa State University project designed to improve delivery and availability of nutrients and energy to pigs…
Veterans Get “What’s Next?” Question Answered
…Ranger Battalion. (Photo courtesy of FSA) Case in point: Joshua Eilers of Ranger Cattle in Austin, Texas. As a Sergeant, Eilers served as team leader in the U.S. Army’s…
Agri View: PETA Blasts FFA
…record straight by Amanda Radke in BEEF Daily In January, while more than 7,000 cattle producers gathered in San Diego, Calif., for the 2016 Cattle Industry Convention, PETA activist Emily…
Beef Association Names New Leader
Kendal Frazier is New NCBA Chief Executive Officer From: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Kendal Frazier The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has named Kendal Frazier its new chief executive officer. NCBA…
Agri View: Bee Gone
…a whopping increase of 42% from the previous year. The three million dollar giveaway program is designed to entice both Midwest dairy farmers and cattle ranchers to reseed their fields…
Ten to Participate in Leadership Farm Bureau
…other organizations; • Janet Burback of Morgan Hill, a cattle rancher, local fire commissioner and first vice president of the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau; • Caitie Campodonico, program director…
Livestock Review
…December, 2015 and down 3 percent from January 2015. Monthly milk per cow averaged 1,935 pounds, up 40 pounds from December 2015. California Cattle on Feed Cattle and calves on…
Agri View: Food Protection
…vegetables (such as sprouts) Contaminated water, including drinking untreated water and swimming in contaminated water Animals and their environment: particularly cows, sheep, and goats. If you don’t wash your hands…
NRCS Video: Profile in Soil Health: David Harold, Part 1
…business. “Since I came back to farm we have more cattle and we have started to integrate them and manage them as part of our farming operation,” Harold says. “I…
Leap Year and Ag
…a certain cow in an established herd always leads the others with the weaker and older cattle trailing behind the group. A typical, full grown Holstein cow weighs about 1,400…
NCBA Urges Swift Action on TPP
Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association sent a letter on behalf of its members and state affiliates urging quick passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). NCBA President Tracy Brunner said…