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High court denies hearing for beef checkoff

The Supreme Court of the United States denied R-CALF USA’s lawsuit against 13 state beef councils and the beef checkoff. The lawsuit is one of two currently being brought through the court system challenging what R-CALF claims is unconstitutional speech.  Bill Bullard, R-CALF CEO, explains while the organizatoni is obviously disappointed that their effort to […]

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Strong demand for U.S. beef in Taiwan

While U.S. beef exports to Taiwan set a new value record last year ($668 million), volume declined slightly from the previous year. But the market has set a blistering pace in 2022, with beef exports through April up 45% from a year ago in volume (nearly 26,000 metric tons) and soaring 85% in value ($313.4 […]

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Good enough to drink? | Beef Magazine

Providing access to water can be challenging especially for operations enduring drought conditions. Water related toxicities and fatalities may be seen with greater frequency under hot and dry time periods. Warnings of toxicity often develop rapidly, and animal death may be the first clinical sign. Common water related toxicities include water deprivation, sulfates, blue-green algae, […]

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How to eat seasonally in June, by Tom Parker Bowles

Tom Parker Bowles sings the praises of everything from gooseberries to globe artichokes as he looks at how to eat seasonally in June. ‘June, the month of months,’ sighs Christina Rossetti in Summer. ‘Flowers and fruitage brings too;/When green trees spread shadiest boughs,/When each wild bird sings too.’ Because this month really is the gateway […]

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Farm Progress America, June 28, 2022

Max Armstrong reports on the upcoming acreage report which will show USDA’s look at what was planted. Max shares that according to a report from Rabobank, cotton acreage will fall. Abandonment of the crop could be as high as 25% in the season ahead. Rabobank economists see cotton exports falling cutting the U.S. share of […]

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