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Is 2014 The Cow-Calf Sectors Watershed Year?
2013-07-24 18:51:00| Beef
The past 13 years have seen relentless beef cow liquidation. From a high of 45.7 million beef cows in the U.S. in 1975, cow numbers declined to 35.7 million in 2000, and fell to a 2013 inventory of 29.3 million. read more
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Cow-Calf Efficiency Symposium Agenda Is Finalized
2013-05-23 21:19:00| Beef
The premier of this annual research symposium on cow-calf efficiency is set for Sept. 12-13 on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. The symposium is a result of an research endowment from Ken & Caroline Eng. read more
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Industry At A Glance: Annual Beef Cow Inventory & Cow-Calf Returns
2013-02-14 20:55:00| Beef
The latest U.S. cattle inventory report shows that the beef cowherd continues to shrink and has shed an average of 350,000 head annually for the past 17 years. With numbers down and calf prices up, the basic fundamentals are in place for heifer retention to begin in earnest. But, while prices have been high, they apparently havent been high enough. The ultimate question becomes, given the new operating dynamics, what level of return will be required to reverse this trend and encourage producers to begin rebuilding the cowherd? read more
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In beef production, cow-calf phase contributes most greenhouse gases
2013-01-31 06:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Scientists have long known that cattle produce carbon dioxide and methane throughout their lives, but a new study pinpoints the cow-calf stage as a major contributor of greenhouse gases during beef production. In a new paper for the Journal of Animal Science, scientists estimate greenhouse gas emissions from beef cattle during different stages of life. They show that, depending on which production system farmers used, beef production has a carbon footprint ranging from 10.7 to 22.6 kg of carbon...
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Cow-Calf Producers Are The Beef Industrys Lifeblood
2013-01-25 15:58:00| Beef
All this set me thinking as to how the U.S. beef industry is like a huge family. It has many members spread all over the continent (and Hawaii, of course). The family squabbles from time to time and sometimes seems to waste energy on pointless issues, but everyone is dedicated to raising the finest cattle and producing the best beef they can. Meat Matters read more
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