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Sobeys Makes Significant Commitment to P. E. I. Beef
Oct 8, 2016Sobeys announced that the beef on its shelves on Prince Edward Island is now primarily supplied by local beef farmers through Atlantic Beef Products' (ABP) Island View Farms brand. Processed at ABP's plant in Albany, P.E.I., Island View ...
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ACCC Launches Market Study Into Cattle and Beef Industry
Apr 11, 2016The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be commencing a market study into the Australian cattle and beef industry. The study will examine competition, efficiency, transparency and trading issues in the beef and ...
Tags: ACCC, Market study, Australian cattle, Beef industry
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Cargill to Cut Antibiotic Use in Its Beef Cattle by 20%
Mar 13, 2016US-based agricultural and food company Cargill has announced to cut the use of antibiotics in its US cattle supply by 20%, a move which is likely to impact 1.2 million cattle annually. From now, Cargill plans to reduce the shared-class ...
Tags: Cargill, Beef Cattle
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Mexico and Peru Import Beef and Pork From US
Apr 15, 2015US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reached an agreement with Mexico and Peru on beef and pork trade, allowing US producers to expand their market. The latest agreement will allow US producers to export slaughter cattle to Mexico and ...
Tags: Beef Exports, Pork Exports
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Tyson Fresh Meats Will Invest $47m for a New Boxed Beef Warehouse in Lexington
Mar 23, 2015Arkansas-headquartered Tyson Fresh Meats will invest $47m for a new boxed beef warehouse in Lexington, work for which, will begin this spring. To be built on the southeast corner of the existing beef complex, the 50,000ft2 warehouse, ...
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Zoetis Announced Addition of ONE SHOT® BVD to Comprehensive Vaccine Portfolio
Mar 14, 2014Zoetis announced the addition of ONE SHOT® BVD to its comprehensive vaccine portfolio. The new vaccine helps provide combined respiratory protection against Mannheimia haemolytica and bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) Types 1 and 2 viruses in ...
Tags: Agriculture, Health, Medicine, vaccine
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Staying Power of Retail Beef Demand in The U.S., Despite Record-High Retail Prices
Feb 14, 2014It remains a remarkable story: the staying power of retail beef demand in the U.S., despite record-high retail prices. And it's depicted in the latest beef demand index calculations from a K-State livestock economist. Dr. Glynn Tonsor ...
Tags: Beef, Agriculture, Food
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Cattle Producers Face New Challenges as Cattle Market Reaches New Heights
Feb 8, 2014Cattle producers across the country face new challenges as the cattle market reaches new heights. Even though feed and fertilizer are less expensive than in years past, the cost of many agricultural inputs is on the rise. To help beef ...
Tags: Cattlemen, Texoma, risk, opportunity
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Science Allow for New or Revised Tools to Aid in Selection and Management of Beef Cattle
Feb 8, 2014Science, or rather advancements in science, allow for new or revised tools to aid in selection and management of beef cattle. It's not hard to think of examples; artificial insemination protocol and the accompanying products (CIDRs, MGA, ...
Tags: production environment and individual marketing goals, genomics
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Cargill and Branhaven to License Neogen Corporation Their Patented Beefgen Genomics Tools
Jan 16, 2014Cargill, Inc. and Branhaven LLC, announced a non-exclusive agreement to license Neogen Corporation their patented BeefGen genomics (DNA) tools that help beef and dairy cattle producers analyze bovine genetics to improve meat and milk ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Beef
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Florida's Cattle Identification Rule Will Be Implemented in 2014
Jan 15, 2014By Doug Mayo In March of 2013, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cattle Identification rules were implemented requiring all cattle 18 months old or older be identified for interstate (across state line) transportation. ...
Tags: Cattle Identification rules, interstate transportation
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Cold Temperatures Bring Challenges and Special Considerations for Those with Livestock
Jan 15, 2014By: Mike Boersma, Extension Educator & 4-H Program Director, Murray & Pipestone Counties The recent snow and cold temperatures bring with them a host of challenges and special considerations for those with livestock. For cattle producers ...
Tags: livestock, cold temperatures, temperature decrease, energy requirement
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Cattle Producers Like Calf Vaccination to Head off Diarrhea in Their Spring Calf Crop
Jan 15, 2014The presence of calf scours is often an unwanted guest during spring calving season. Good management alone is sometimes not enough to protect the calf from scours, and so cattle producers turn to practices like calf vaccination to head ...
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Researchers Hope to Eventually Enhance The Quality and Quantity of Beef
Jan 15, 2014Can changes to a cow's energy intake during the second trimester enhance the quality of beef her offspring will produce? What effect might it have on the reproductive ability of the cow's offspring? Those are questions a team of SDSU ...
Tags: beef industry, cow's offspring, cow, energy intake, second trimester
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K-State Feedlot Specialist Coupled with Use of Beta-Agonists Affects Cattle Feed Intake
Jan 14, 2014In this part 2 of a two-part series, a K-State feedlot specialist provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially affects cattle feed intake. Growing cattle that are ...
