Some producers wonder if this is really necessary, or if the industry needs a check-off. beef and beef variety meat exports to the Middle East through November 2006 were more than double the year end totals of 2003, for both volume and value. Hopefully, all beef producers always pay their check-off dollars to remind consumers that beef is the meat of choice. This fee applies to cows, calves, bulls and fat cattle, no matter if they were sold through a sale barn or by private treaty....

Milk prices are way outpacing inflation - the April 1 state price will be 24 percent higher than the April 2006 price. Expect bodegas and convenience stores to charge more, if they can justify the cost to state officials. Prices usually drop in spring, but this year they're being pushed up as the dollar hits new lows against other currencies, making U. Rising costs for corn and soybeans eaten by milk cows is pushing the price even higher, he added. milk products a better buy overseas and...

beef is also far cheaper than Japanese beef. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer ate free samples of American beef Thursday at the first major Japanese supermarket to sell the meat after the lifting of a nearly three-year ban over worries about possible health hazards. beef off their shelves, choosing instead to sell Japanese and Australian beef. Japan also limits imports to beef that has been through stringent checks at selected U. There was no identical beef product to compare prices directly....

Finding ethanol co-products to feed cattle may soon be like finding the Space Needle in a haystack, but could it be too much of a good thing? Chris Reinhardt, Extension beef specialist at Kansas State University, says feeding too much could hurt carcass quality. Finding ethanol co-products to feed cattle may soon be like finding the Space Needle in a haystack, but could it be too much of a good thing? Chris Reinhardt, Extension beef specialist at Kansas State University, says feeding too...

We are seeing some seedstock producers going to single-trait production, but we are trying to stay balanced, he said. Mass, who serves on the futurity board, says producers from several states participate in the program. Carcass quality is definitely one of our priorities, along with structural soundness, maternal traits and other things the Angus breed is known for. While the industry has a better understanding of marbling, he says there is still much to learn. Certain genetic lines...

As many as 50 volunteers were at the dairy Saturday picking up wreckage from the operation's surrounding wheat fields so that sprinkler systems can be put back into operation as soon as possible. Other people helped remove rubble from the pens with the aid of heavy equipment and still others were clearing the milking barn down to its foundation. The power was back on earlier in the week, but they didn't get back in the home until Saturday when a Dairy Farmers of America milk tanker was...