Growing perennial forages for biofuels and the effects of early stocking on native grassland are among the topics at the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Central Grasslands Research Extension Centers 29th annual field tour June 23.

A pair of influential bloggers, a meat buyer for a major Korean retailer, and five winners of a contest held in cooperation with the retailer made up a delegation from South Korea that recently experienced a checkoff-sponsored beef industry tour in California.

Will there come a day when scanning sheep and goats for carcass merit is as commonplace as scanning beef is now? Will breeding stock be selected based on Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs)? Will the market pay premiums for loin muscle depth?

Profitability is on the minds of ranchers and landowners everywhere, and attendees at the Corona Half Day of College June 10 are sure to get their questions answered on topics ranging from solar and wind energy, to animal health, in an effort to help them maintain and increase their success.

The checkoffs Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) and producer education programs are once again teaming with industry partners to present an educational cattle-handling seminar to producers.

The Oklahoma cattle industry and the Hereford breed lost a longtime leader last month in Bill Jacobs. James William Bill Jacobs was born Dec. 18, 1944, in Santa Rosa, CA

Fed cattle trade ahead of the Memorial Day holiday last week traded early in a range of $147-150 dressed basis in the Corn Belt, with most volume on the lower end of that spectrum. Kansas dressed trade was reported at $93-94 and Colorado feedlots traded cattle on Tuesday

Following a meeting with poultry growers recently, USDA announced it will soon crack down on the writing of contracts between poultry growers and packers. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said last week that the new rules will be announced in June.

Calling it the best chance to restore Californias overtaxed water system, the California Farm Bureau Federation has endorsed the water bond measure to be placed before voters in November. The Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010.

Not necessarily. A sandwich relies on whats between the bread slices; a great book must be compelling from cover to cover, and, likewise, the cattle industry often counts on the stocker phase to ensure cattle quality while moving them from ranch to feedlot.