Category: Cattle
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Maternity Ward
The only bunch of cattle I bring home and watch close to calve is the first calf, two-year old heifers. Today was the day that we trailed them home. We got a light skiff of snow on the ground and it was windy and cloudy and cool but it worked out really well and we…
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Herd Expansion
Cattle herd expansion <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=0DECE279-E767-BBDB-9DC078D4870333B5">continues</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>All cattle and calves came out at 97.102 million head or 102% of a year ago. Analysts had been expecting 101% to 101.5%, with an average guess of 101%. Total cows were at 42.311 million head, up 1% from a year ago, in line with estimates. Beef and milk…
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US Beef to Taiwan
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/01/25/japan-us-beef.html">Taiwan to lift U.S. beef ban, not Japan</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Taiwan says it is lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports on Wednesday, while Japanese officials have indicated they are in no hurry to lift one reimposed last week.<br />n<br />nTaiwan's Department of Health said on its website that American beef can now enter the…
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Australian Perspective on NAIS
<a href="http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/060123/15/3y45t.html">R-CALF Mtg: Australian Cattleman Tells Of ID Shortcomings</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>From cattle producer Athol Economou's perspective, Australia's national animal identification system is virtually useless, and the true costs are unknown.<br />n<br />n Economou, also a representative of the Australian Beef Association, made his remarks Friday at the R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America's annual convention in…
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Korea and Beef Imports
<a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601230002.html">Korea Will Resume U.S. Beef Imports as Planned</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Korea says Japan's decision to slap a fresh ban on imports of U.S. beef will not affect the agreement between Seoul and Washington to resume American beef imports at the end of March. Agriculture Ministry officials say Korea and Japan have different conditions. For example,…
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Talking Out His ***
R-Calf's new leader needs to take a long walk off a short pier.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2006/01/22/build/state/22-rcalf-group.inc">R-CALF's new leader wants to expand group</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The new leader of R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America wants to change perceptions of the group that some in the cattle industry describe as protectionist or out of the mainstream, because of…
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Phenomenon
The "dumb cowboy" phenomenon rears its head again.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/22/build/business/40-herd.inc">Workshops teach about herd issues</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Cattle producers have experienced strong prices in the last few years due to short beef supplies and strong consumer demand," says Duane Griffith, Montana State University Extension economist. "Now, when the drought may be easing, ranchers are wondering about…
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Idaho and Brucellosis
It's official<br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> CHANGES IDAHO=S CLASS FREE BRUCELLOSIS STATUS<br />n<br />nWASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2006
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Yet Another Country Opens
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/14/build/world/70-beef-imports.inc">South Korea OKs some U.S. beef imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea and the United States agreed Friday on partially ending a two-year import ban on American beef triggered by mad cow disease, the South Korean government said.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea shut its doors to U.S. beef imports in December 2003 after the first U.S. case…
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Too Hot
<a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17787557%255E30417,00.html"> Record heat killing cattle</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> RECORD temperatures are placing a severe strain on the nation's cattle industry, slashing prices in three states as the intense heat kills cattle and calves in western Queensland.</blockquote><br />n<br />nDamn, I hate to read something like this. Australia might be a competitor for market share but I…