Category: Cattle
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Montana Brucellosis
Montana declared free of Brucellosis
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Another Round For The Wolves
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/01/15/news/state/21-delist.txt">Wolf to go off list in Montana, not Wyoming</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and Northern Rockies will be removed from the federal endangered-species list by late February under a plan announced Wednesday by the Bush administration.<br />n<br />nLeft out of the plan were wolves in Wyoming, where state officials sought…
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Strong Stance
<a href="http://www.uscattlemen.org/TheNewsRoom/2008_News/6-23BrucellosisEradication.htm"><acronym title="United States Cattleman's Association">USCA</acronym> Calls For Long-Term Brucellosis Eradication Program Within Greater Yellowstone Area</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Cattleman's Association">USCA</acronym> (June 23, 2008) – On Monday, June 9 state and federal animal health officials confirmed the presence of brucellosis in a suspect cow located in the Paradise Valley of Montana. Days later, two…
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Talking Tough
I see Condoleezza Rice is talking tough to South Korea about <a href="http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/03/26/afx4819089.html">beef trade</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote> 'The United States believes that our beef is safe and that the markets ought to be open to it all around the world,' Rice told reporters with her South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-Hwan at her side after extensive talks…
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Quick Hits
Things I should have posted about but haven't.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/05/news/state/38-brucellosis.txt">Brucellosis is almost wiped out in the US</a> with the declaration that Texas is now Brucellosis Free. Of course there still is the problem of Brucellosis in Bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area, but that is not cattle. I still think it can…
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Cattle Cycle
<a href="http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1202425683667.xml">Weather, ethanol short-circuit the normal cattle cycle</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>If the cattle cycle isn't dead, it's at least on life support. That's what market experts told ranchers today at the annual Cattle Fax Outlook Seminar at the Cattle Industry Convention in Reno, Nevada. Cattle Fax is a producer-owned beef industry market analysis organization.<br />n<br />nTwo…
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Black Eye
I hate it when a bunch of assholes give the whole beef industry a <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=CCD314BC-BA90-E7B6-0752DE473E118D6A">bad name</a>. Not only am I talking about the assholes at the slaughter plant, but also the owners that sent such animals to slaughter in the first place. If they are that bad of shape that the critters can't stand…
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Cloned Critters
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/01/24/news/state/18-clones.txt">FDA allows cloned beef, but many not so sure</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Cloned beef, in the eyes of the Food and Drug Administration, tastes the same as that coming from cows made the old-fashioned way, but Billings butcher Gary Pollock still isn't swayed.<br />n<br />nHe thinks the FDA's recent decision allowing cloned meat and dairy products…
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What’s 2008 Look Like
Here are some predictions of what 2008 will look like for cattle producers.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=187023">In The Cattle Markets: Top Ten List For 2008</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>10. Slow growth in beef cow herd.<br />n9. Adaption to <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>.<br />n8. Trade Growth.<br />n7. Debate on Packer Ownership Bans. <br />n6. Growing Pork Production.<br />n5.…
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Argentine Beef
<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6xzlH1hMRduz7Tf9n6W14_lkqRAD8TTHUO00">Argentine Farmers Give Up Beef Business</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Argentines are passionate about their beef — from cattle grazed on the sprawling pampas grasslands, it's a national staple, delivered inexpensively and received with religious fervor at Sunday barbecues nationwide.<br />n<br />nBut while Argentines are some of the world's top meat-eaters, consuming nearly 154 pounds per capita…