Cattle lungs are small, relative to the animals size and oxygen needs, said Dr. Joe Roder, DVM, at Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health. Preserving healthy lung tissue is critical to the long-term performanceand even survival of cattle.

The winter wheat grazing situation has been difficult to assess this year. There has been considerable interest in wheat grazing and a general feeling that there would be more stocker cattle grazing wheat than in the past couple of years.

Believing that the discussion of a national animal identification (ID) plan had moved away from those most affected by it cattle producers and marketerseight cattle industry organizations have agreed on a statement of 12 principles in the development of a cattle disease traceability ID system.

Heres a fancier twist on a farm-house favorite, and a great example of the hundreds of recipes available on the consumer site.

As cattlemen, you spend every day with the animals that produce this meat. Still, theres no shame in admitting you did not score well on the quiz. On the other hand, you might say its a shame that consumers have to deal with those tricky questions when navigating the protein aisle at the supermarket.

Carfree 534U ET, Michael Butler, Milton, TN Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Gelbvieh Bull Grand ChampionJDPD.

Ruhlands 20-plus years in the beef industry most recently included six years with the National Cattlemens Beef Association (NC- BA) working in the areas of issues management, membership and communications.

There are many things besides just genetics and time on feed that affect marbling and we now know, we can say with confidence, that it is a lifetime event, said Scott, who addressed attendees at last falls Feeding Quality Forums in South Sioux City, NE, and Garden City, KS.

National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members were awarded nearly $25,000 in scholarships from the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) Oct. 31, 2009, during the American Hereford Association Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.

World champion Al Dunning and nationally-known clinician Ken McNabb will go head to head June 11-13 at Colorado State Universitys Equine Center in Fort Collins, CO, but this time as coaches.