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For beef-on-dairy, Angus performs best

Penn State has completed the third year of a four-year feedlot trial looking at the optimal genetics of beef-sired steers born to Holstein dams.  The prevalence of beef-on-dairy matings continues to grow. In 2021, 8.7 million units of beef semen were sold domestically, up 20% from 2020. Related: Black Vulture Relief Act introduced in Congress Penn State researchers have […]

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The A to Z of the Cheltenham Festival, from Arkle to Zarkander

Here is all you need to know about the 2023 Cheltenham National Hunt Festival, one of the greatest sporting occasions on the calendar. A FOR Arkle, the revered Irish racehorse after whom the second race is named; and Alice Fox-Pitt, the ebullient member of the ITV Racing team who conducts interviews with breathless and often […]

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Weak beef exports raises concerns

Beef exports in January were down 15.7 percent year over year. Despite record beef exports in 2022, signs of a weakening beef trade picture were developing late in the year with beef exports down year over year in both November and December. A strong U.S. dollar peaked in late 2022 and has decreased, but remains high, provided […]

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My Favourite Painting: Alistair Smith

Alistair Smith, editor of The Stage, picks a dark and unsettling Goya that hangs in the Prado — yet was never intended to be put on display. Alistair Smith on Witches’ Sabbath, or The Great He-Goat by Francisco de Goya ‘My favourite room in my favourite art gallery is the one that houses Goya’s Black Paintings in […]

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