11/02/2009 07:14AM
From a USDA press release: “The Vermont Agency of Agriculture was notified by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) late Wednesday afternoon of alleged animal welfare violations at the (Bushways Slaughterhouse facility in Grand Isle, Vermont) facility.
02/05/2010 10:06AM
After their recent poorly considered donation of $100,000 to HSUS, will Yellow Tail have to high tail it out of the American wine market?
10/25/2009 10:11AM
Kansas State University is one of the top ag schools in the country. I can safely say that because I ran an annual survey listing the top 10 schools when I was publishing MEAT&POULTRY magazine.
10/06/2009 02:12PM
The Sunday New York Times dropped a 5,000 word bombshell on the ground beef business. Never has a publication with such a nationwide impact taken the meat industry to the wood shed with such conviction.
02/23/2010 07:46AM
It was a busy Monday, much like any other Monday this winter. The old bones were aching from clearing the driveway of the output of still another snowstorm. I was thinking a couple aspirins and a nap might be a good idea when Rob Cook perked things up.
11/16/2009 08:53PM
Superior Livestock is now owned by SLAI, LLC which is a wholly owned entity of Farm Credit West, ACA. Farm Credit West, according to a company release, is a strong supporter of the livestock industry.
03/05/2010 08:43AM
The last time I interviewed Wayne Pacelle, it was done by phone; a lengthy conversation that took considerably longer than five minutes. This time, when Rachel Querry, his senior director of communications, contacted me and asked if I might be interested in talking with him again, I was of two minds.
02/11/2010 07:38AM
The fact that she used the term “factory farm” or “factory farming” five times in a three-minute period probably showed her bias.
01/19/2010 01:01PM
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces the introduction of RESFLOR GOLD®, the only medication on the US market that combines the antibiotic florfenicol (active ingredient in NUFLOR GOLD®)and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) flunixin meglumine (active ingredient in BANAMINE®) into one convenient dose for treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD). RESFLOR GOLD works against the three major bacterial bovine respiratory pathogens, including Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Histophilus somni, and provides control of BRD-associated pyrexia in beef and non-lactating dairy cattle. BRD is a major health problem in cattle and the most significant cause of economic loss for the cattle industry.
12/01/2009 07:39AM
“End the suffering.” Following submission of last month’s AgSight I left my office for an off-campus meeting.
10/15/2009 07:12AM
Been following the Time magazine/New York Times/Food, Inc/HSUS vendetta against meat? It’s been hard to miss.
11/05/2009 02:24PM
It comes as no surprise that the Humane Society of the United States was miffed by Ohio’s passage Tuesday of the state’s Issue Two measure, by a substantial margin.
12/11/2009 02:49PM
With “Ole Man Winter” greeting us rather rudely, cows are going to
require plenty of available feed to maintain body condition throughout
the next few months.
01/19/2010 12:57PM
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces the introduction of Nuflor Gold® (florfenicol), an antibiotic for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) associated with four major bovine respiratory pathogens. The product has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of BRD associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni, and now, Mycoplasma bovis. BRD is a major health problem in cattle and the most significant cause of economic loss for the cattle industry.
11/09/2009 07:20AM
There is a serious case of ‘fadism’ attacking the brain cells of too many writers who presume to know something about our food supply and how it gets to market.
03/02/2010 02:02PM
You may not care much about the Academy Awards, but this Sunday (Mar. 7) may be worth a bit of your time; at least pay attention to the “Best Documentary “ category.
Nominated for an Oscar is Food Inc.-- The film that “lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies USDA and FDA.”
02/11/2010 01:42PM
This week the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric aired a two-part series on antibiotics in animal agriculture (view Segment One --http://tinyurl.com/ydluceu; Segment Two http://tinyurl.com/yac93k2).
01/18/2010 07:04AM
In an effort to encourage Jack in the Box (NASDAQ: JACK) to implement the types of basic animal welfare changes many of its competitors have made, The Humane Society of the United States announced Thursday that it has purchased stock in the restaurant chain.
09/23/2009 07:35AM
Producing 70 percent more food for an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050 while at the same time combating poverty and hunger, using scarce natural resources more efficiently and adapting to climate change are the main challenges world agriculture will face in the coming decades, according to an FAO discussion paper published today.
10/12/2009 07:39AM
All the noble but ill advised romantic notions about sustainable farming aside, let’s talk real world economics for a change.
09/21/2009 04:55PM
Acquisition will strengthen Boehringer Ingelheim's position as a vaccine supplier among the world's top animal health companies
01/15/2010 07:17AM
Several decades ago, a guy by the name of Mick Colvin got a bright idea. Maybe he could develop a brand name around a specific breed of cattle. At the time, beef was beef; not much differentiation, not a very quality-oriented product.
09/17/2009 02:56PM
Time to clear up a few things about Sunstein. First, he’s a bright guy.
10/12/2009 09:56AM
Doing a little fence line weaning this fall? That’s a calf stressor. Loading up your calves and shipping them down the highway?
11/16/2009 07:07AM
No sooner have most people pronounced NAIS dead-on-arrival, than a number of recent events may have breathed life back into the U.S.A.'s National Animal Identification Scheme. A combination of market forces aligned with a simplified tracking technology, and some rare positive news may have reinvigorated USDA's moribund, voluntary animal traceability initiative.
12/11/2009 09:18AM
Let me repeat myself. Here’s my opening statement from my interview with Steve Kay almost exactly one year ago: “Steve Kay, editor of Cattle Buyer’s Weekly since its inception in 1987, is one of the shrewdest observers of the North American cattle industry.
10/22/2009 10:12AM
Bob Dylan might be a dim memory to most; he was ‘hassled by the man’ a few weeks ago when someone reported a suspicious character roaming a New Jersey neighborhood.
12/03/2009 07:17AM
I thought a USDA spokesman couldn’t say anything more outrageous than Dr. Kenneth Petersen, an assistant administrator with the Food Safety and Inspection Service, who reportedly said the department could mandate testing, but that it needed to consider the impact on companies as well as consumers.
10/19/2009 01:20PM
“Ride the recovery” may be the theme for the cattle industry in coming
months. That, of course, is the economic recovery that is thought to be
underway. A host of economic indicators suggest that the recession has
ended and the economy has more positive signs than negative.
10/05/2009 07:15AM
The Baltimore City Public Schools system has become the first in the United States to pledge to offer no meat on Mondays, according to the organization Meatless Monday.
10/13/2009 04:26PM
National Beef, Inc. (“the Company”) announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its Class A common stock.
10/06/2009 12:55PM
Beef producers invest a lot of time, energy and resources to get cows pregnant.
10/16/2009 10:21AM
I’ve always looked at stories about agricultural and meat processing written by folks who live east of the Hudson River with a great deal of suspicion.
01/04/2010 07:44AM
I’m having a tough time accepting comments from people earning high six figure incomes railing against ‘cheap’ food, especially in the current economy where food stamps are the new currency for too many people and their choices are often narrowed down to ‘cheap’ or nothing at all.
12/23/2009 10:46AM
The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat. The boar gored Kremer in the knee with a razor-sharp tusk. The burly pig farmer shrugged it off, figuring: "You pour the blood out of your boot and go on."
09/24/2009 02:55PM
Recent filings in a federal lawsuit allege that a Chino meatpacking plant that supplied the nation's school lunch program slaughtered cows too sick to stand for nearly four years and hid it from U.S. officials.
10/07/2009 07:27AM
Have you ever fed a large group of hungry cows in the mud? If so, you know how futile that can seem.
12/23/2009 01:29PM
Ahh, nothing like a cold winter day. Step outside for a breath of fresh air, inhale deeply and then cough. A lot. There is a certain ‘aroma’ in the air. The blowing dust gets in your eyes and, temporarily blinded, you step into a meadow muffin.
10/19/2009 02:36PM
Addition of Fort Dodge Animal Health Products Diversifies and Enhances Pfizer’s Already Robust U.S. Portfolio
10/13/2009 07:58AM
Have you ever been to a guinea drop? Did you know that Harold “Bud” Ham, supposedly, shot Darrell Randall THREE times because he took some of his beer? Did you know that Roy Pigg, Mayor of Quitaque, was murdered THREE days before the guinea drop, he approved?