The weaning weight EPD reflects the pounds a bull is expected to contribute to his offspring when compared with other bulls in the breed randomly mated to cows within the breed. The real meaning of the number is the difference in genes that affect, in this case, weaning weight.

Money talks, but apparently not loud enough to get the Obama administration to take a fresh approach to getting Japan to relax its restrictions on U.S. beef imports. Perhaps it is because the beef industry hasnt screamed enough about how much money the industry is losing because of the severely limited access to the Japanese market.

Excessive business deductions by livestock or general farmers, or horse owners or for that matter, most any other businesstrigger IRS audits.

It’s a pretty basic concept, telling the truth. It’s one of the first things that most of us learn as children. It’s the one rule that has swift consequences for most kids when they break it. Yet it’s the one rule that seems to get tossed aside when people become adults. There are seemingly few consequences for adults who choose not to follow

The Dickinson Research Extension Center and the North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association (NDBCIA) have rejoined forces to demonstrate and document a heifer development program. The NDBCIA and the center had a similar project in the late 1990s..

Hod was a 1956 graduate of East High School and a 1960 graduate of Morningside College, Sioux City. He was in the trucking business for many years as the president of Premier Trucking Company and Denver Midwest Truck Line. While in the trucking business, he was on the board of directors for the Nebraska and Colorado Motor Carriers.

Drawing what may have been an unintended comparison of water use priorities, Allen Biaggi, director of Nevadas Department of Natural Resources, whose agency recently authorized the controversial mining and export of up to 60,000 acre feet of water...

Granted, this is not a question concerning memory recall but an inquiry into how, as beef producers, we seek to obtain the answers we need to stay in business.

It would appear that the meat industry is in for some substantial growth in the years to come. Last week, the International Livestock Congress took place in Denver, CO, during the National Western Stock Show. Richard Brown, meat market analyst for international consulting firm GIRA, said that worldwide meat

The center sold 2-year-old replacement bred heifers and 3-year-old bred cows. The bred heifers marketed in late October weighed 982 pounds and averaged $721 per head. The bred heifers marketed in mid-November weighed 1,105 pounds and averaged $925 per head.