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Beef imports continue to be the subject of political attention that has resulted in a myriad of variable and inconsistent policies and actions. Cattle and beef markets have been buffeted by a barrage of political interference that has clouded markets and contributed to producer uncertainty and delay in responding to market ...

AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) executive director officially released movement restrictions for areas of Texas previously deemed as New World screwworm (NWS) Infested Zones. Following months of coordinated surveillance and eradication activities, designated areas of Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, La Salle, and Webb Counties were released from NWS ...

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service updated its treatment options for pasture mealybug in a fact sheet with science-based recommendations for using Centric 40WG to control the pest. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, recently approved the insecticide for emergency use in Texas pastures, giving producers their first effective tool against the invasive pest threatening ...

Cattle cycle update The July Cattle report pegged the total U.S. cattle inventory as essentially unchanged from last year, up a scant 0.2 percent (Table 1). The beef cow herd was down 0.7 percent, indicating that the herd inventory has not yet stabilized. However, the beef replacement heifer inventory was up 2.7 ...

June is here! June marks the month where we go to one publication for June and one newspaper issue for July, along with our annual magazine Special Edition. But June also marks the month where I try to put together my fall sale schedule. Getting the calendar corrected, getting my ...

Registration is open for the 72nd annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course on Aug. 3-5 in Bryan-College Station. The event is hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science. One of the longest-running and largest beef cattle educational events of its ...

LITTLE ROCK — Consumers who see parallels between crude oil and gas prices might expect the same for food, but what seems like a straightforward relationship between prices at the farm and prices at the grocery store is anything but simple, say economists with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.  Making a direct connection between the two “is extremely ...

If you recall, last year, new records were set basically every month for retail beef prices. The Retail All Fresh Beef Demand Index is an economic indicator that measures U.S. consumer demand for fresh beef by combining per capita consumption, retail beef prices, and inflation adjustments to capture how much ...

1. What is “blackleg”? This is a rapidly fatal disease of cattle, typically seen in calves 6-12 months of age on pasture, caused by the bacterium Clostridium chauvoei. In a majority of cases, affected calves are simply found dead in the pasture with no symptoms of disease. Blackleg usually affects calves ...

Since we last spoke, things have been rapidly changing in the Pacific Ocean. The following maps show what the sea surface temperature anomalies looked like in late December, January, and as we finished February. We maxed out this La Niña event in late December. Since then, we’ve seen it rapidly ...