By Tatiana Freitas China will restart beef imports from Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter, a month after the trade was halted over a case of mad cow disease. Shares on Brazilian meatpackers jumped. The Asian nation has agreed to resume purchases of Brazilian beef from Thursday, sending shares on JBS SA, the world’s largest beef […]

Lee Schulz is the recipient of the 2023 Dean Lee R. Kolmer Award for Excellence in Applied Research from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. Schulz is an Extension livestock economist and an associate professor of economics. His work encompasses farm management extension, focusing on the beef and pork industries. […]

Reporting a net income 24.5% lower than in 2021, JBS Chief Executive Officer Gilberto Tomazoni said the company’s 2022 financial results demonstrate the importance of responsible financial management as well as the company’s ability to anticipate the natural cycles of in the global animal protein industry. Net income for Q4 2022 was sharply lower at […]

Dairy and beef producers continue to be hit with the high cost of forages. Finding ways to grow forages economically is a great strategy for boosting feed inventories and lowering overall feed costs, says Jerry Clark, University of Wisconsin-Extension crops and soils agent in Chippewa County. “The whole cover crop push is to keep something […]

Zinpro Corporation, the world’s leading innovator and manufacturer of high-performance organic trace minerals and animal nutrition solutions, has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, “Advancing Performance Together for a More Sustainable World for All.”  “It’s important to recognize that while animal agriculture has in fact been advancing sustainability for thousands of years, the animal protein industry is faced with […]

When you think of biosecurity on the farm, preparing for the big three often comes to mind — avian influenza, African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease. Rightly so, as these have brought many in the animal industry to their knees both financially and emotionally. But what about those pathogens or diseases that can cause losses […]

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled this week that a state law preventing counties from imposing regulations on concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOS) does not violate the state’s Constitution. The unanimous decision upholds a former ruling by a Cole County Circuit Court ruling. In May 2016, Cedar County Commission adopted a public health ordinance regulating CAFOs. […]