AFTER weeks of debate about the Federal Government’s response to the heightened threat of Foot and Mouth disease entering Australia, a senate inquiry into the country’s biosecurity responses has been called. The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee will head up the inquiry with a report due on the 10th of October. According […]

Several Senate Republican colleagues joined Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., in introducing the Food and Energy Security Act, legislation that would prohibit the Biden administration from imposing regulations such as its proposed climate reporting rule if it would drive up food, energy or gas prices. Specifically, the bill would require federal financial and securities regulators to estimate the impact […]

Researchers in the University of Lethbridge’s Southern Alberta Genome Science Centre and its bioinformatics core are collaborating with scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to find viable solutions to mitigate Bovine Respiratory Disease  — the most prominent feedlot cattle disease in North America — that is responsible for an estimated financial burden of $3 billion annually. The supported […]

It is no secret that slaughter cow numbers this year have been elevated but it’s the rate they have occurred that has been puzzling. Higher input costs in the form of hay, pasture rent, fuel, etc. partially caused by general economic inflation, low stock-to-use ratios in corn and soybeans, and high crude oil prices have […]

 The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has announced its priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill based on producer input at the association’s Summer Business Meeting in Reno, Nevada. “Our annual meetings are the cornerstone of NCBA’s grassroots policy process,” said NCBA President Don Schiefelbein, a Minnesota cattleman. “Individual producers set the course for NCBA’s advocacy […]