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Calf uniformity pays off at sale barn

A lot can be learned at a sale barn, and South Dakota State University Extension cow-calf specialists feel producers can learn even more by paying attention to trends on sale day. According to USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System, about 60% of weaned calves are sold at sale barns or auctions. Olivia Amundson, a SDSU […]

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Beef promotion efforts target families this fall

Is there anything more symbolic of fall than a pot of chili simmering on the stove? How about a beef roast in the slow cooker, waiting for your family to return from those sports practices and school events? Fall is an excellent time for the Kansas Beef Council and the Beef Checkoff to reach out […]

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Govt to make $49.5 million AdBlue stockpile

THE Federal Government has announced plans to secure supplies of AdBlue after a dire shortage of the emissions reducing fluid threatened to stop the transport industry late last year. Earlier today, The Australian reported the $49.5 million plan to make a national stockpile and to incentivise Australian businesses to manufacture urea, which is the key […]

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Vale Ken Waters – Beef Central

Veteran Darling Downs livestock auctioneer and agent Ken Waters passed away on Sunday in Toowoomba, aged 93. Beef Central wrote the item below about Ken back in 2012, when at age 83, he was still working regularly at Elders Toowoomba weekly sales. At that time he had worked in the stock agency industry continuously for […]

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Dalby sale 14 Sep 2022: Market mostly firm for 2395 head

Yarding 2395 Change -968 The supply of stock reduced by 968 head to 2,395 at Dalby. Cattle were mainly drawn from the local supply area with a small sample of 240 head from far Western Queensland. Buyer representation was good and included local and interstate processors, plus the regular feed and trade buyers and restockers. […]

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How to promote beef and lamb as vegans split over fake meat

Prof. Paul Wood at Livestock 2022. MARKETING the nutritional value of red meat products was the answer to competing against alternative proteins, producers were told at the recent Southern Australia Livestock Research Council 2022 conference. Faced with challenges like plant and cell-based proteins, greenhouse gas and sustainability issues, Monash University adjunct professor Paul Wood said […]

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