Here are five stories trending in the beef business. The most recent drought monitor was released today. It’s no secret severe and exceptional drought conditions continue to dominate the western part of the USA. The worse conditions are found in the central portions of the states. Dry and drought conditions have improved along the eastern […]
Fiscal Year 2022 marked the busiest year ever for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the LA/LB Seaport, America’s largest seaport complex. From October 1, 2021, to September 30th, 2022, CBP agriculture specialists intercepted approximately 1.2 million pounds of prohibited pork, chicken, beef, and duck products arriving from China. This represents a […]
The USDA Cattle Inventory report showed a 4% reduction in beef cows, a 6% decrease in heifers held back for retention, and a 5% reduction in heifers expected to calve this year (USDA-NASS 2023). Feeder cattle supplies will be reduced nationally in 2023. Continued liquidation in 2023 will depend on the profit margins producers expect […]
President Biden has tabbed Xochitl Torres Small to be the next deputy secretary of agriculture. She will replace Jewel Bronaugh who announced last month that she would be stepping down to spend more time with her family. Torres Small has been UDSA undersecretary for rural development since October 2021. Prior to that, she was the […]
Baby kangaroo feces might help provide an unlikely solution to the environmental problem of cow-produced methane. A microbial culture developed from the kangaroo feces inhibited methane production in a cow stomach simulator in a Washington State University study. After researchers added the baby kangaroo culture and a known methane inhibitor to the simulated stomach, it […]
This week during the 2023 Winter Policy Conference National Association of State Departments of Agriculture members supported creating new incentives to assist farmers in the development of response plans to prepare for and prevent animal disease outbreaks. The policy item passed by NASDA members states, “NASDA encourages USDA to develop incentives to help producers develop depopulation and disposal plans […]
Berwick-upon-Tweed spent centuries as a pawn in Anglo-Scottish conflict; today, it’s a charming border town with spectacular sights. Clive Aslet takes a look. The border town, which contained not only a royal castle, but a mint, spent the Middle Ages in a kind of no man’s land when the Scottish king David I pushed the […]
The Copingers have been at Copinger Hall for half a millennium, in an incredible — though not unbroken — line of succession. Now, though, the house is looking for new owners. There’s something quite intriguing and extraordinary about houses which have spent hundreds of years in the same family. The example which springs quickly to mind […]
Hollingsworth family’s rams popular with Western buyers at St George sale. Click to check the original article.
Red Hill’s Ethan and Robert Endacott, purchasers Harry and Li Xiu Jiang, Ovatechnology Animal Husbandry, inner Mongolia, Josh Toole, Redd Hill, auctioneer Brad Wilson, Nutrien Stud Stock, Dubbo, and Lynn Marais, Ovatec, Dubbo, with the equal top priced rams. Click to check the original article.
The bodies of two men in their thirties have been recovered from the Dugald River Mine near Cloncurry. Click to check the original article.
It may look a little dull compared with other fruit, but the zingy orange was once the preserve of kings and nothing beats its sweet and sharp magic when it comes to brightening up a dreary winter day, says Tom Parker Bowles. The orange doesn’t immediately strike one as the most sybaritic of fruits. Too brash, […]