TheBeefSite Newsletter - 7 March 2012
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Welcome to this week's newsletterEditorial: Over-regulation - Is it Limiting Food Production?
We have 5 new features this week: Brazilian Rainforest Caught Between Biodiversity and Business Brazil is exporting more and more agricultural produce: soya beans and beef in particular, but also corn, rice and sugar. Taken together, these exports represent half of Brazil’s total today, writes Gaëlle Courcoux from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). Is High Quality Beef an Insurance Policy? Consumers know that purchasing a high-quality steak is like an insurance policy. They’re paying quite a bit for beef these days and they want to make sure it’s good, but is high quality an insurance policy, asks Miranda Reiman, Certified Angus Beef (CAB) Assistant Director. DDGS as Creep Feed for Calves Dried distillers grains is a readily available commodity in Iowa that can be successfully used as a single ingredient creep feed for young suckling calves when considering both short term and long term results, writes Garland Dahlke and Daryl Strohbehn from Iowa Beef Centre. Virginia Cattle - How Do We Stack Up? The Virginia Retained Ownership Program (ROP) offers Virginia cow-calf producers the opportunity to retain ownership on a portion of their calf crop (as few as 5 head). This scheme, and others like it across the country, allow producers to pool their calves and feed them together in order to gather objective data regarding the feedlot performance, carcass merit and health of their cattle, writes Dr Scott P. Greiner, Extension Animal Scientist, Virginia Tech. Reducing Volatile Organic Compounds in Silages Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) can have short and long-term adverse health effects but can also impact feed intake. Biomin looks at how VOCs can be reduced in silages using inoculants. ![]()
» USDA Agricultural Prices - February 2012 » USDA GAIN: China Livestock and Products Semi-annual » USDA GAIN: EU-27 Livestock and Products Semi-annual » AHDB UK Market Survey - 2 March 2012 » AHDB European Market Survey - 2 March 2012 » QMS Cattle Market Report - February 2012
» Maple Leaf Sees Earnings Rise » Canadian Cattle Gain Market Access to Azerbaijan
» ABH Miratorg's Operational Activity for 2011 » FMD Outbreak Reported in Primorye, Russia
» IFA Work on Slaughter of Injured Animals » Cattle Slaughterings Up in January 2012
» Live Export Reform Progresses » Better Manage Forage Oats this Winter » Weekly Cattle Summary » AU Beef Exports to Japan Subdued in February » Improve Heifer Fertility to Increase Profits » Broadacre Industries to Perform Well » ABARE Outlook: Strong Performance Forecast » 2012 Prospects Look Strong » To Drench or not to Drench
» Experts Participate in FMD Conference in India » Panel Suggests Renewing Beef Exports in India
» Cattlemen Take on Overregulation of Rural Areas » US Korea FTA - Affect on Market Access? » CME: Beef Exports Holding Well » Key Nutrition Info for Popular Meat & Poultry Products » Meat Demand High Despite Consumption Down » North American Pork & Beef Exports Expected to Rise » Illness due to E.coli O157:H7 Down Significantly » Cattle Outlook: Fed Cattle Prices at New Record High » Capitalise on Strong Prices with Beef AI Programmes » CME: Cattle Slaughter Down & Hog Up from Last Week » Vilsack: Passing US Farm Bill Is Critical » Weekly Roberts Market Report » Anticipating the 1 March Corn Stocks Estimate » Corn Used More for Ethanol than Feed in US » Silage Source Considerations » CME: Packing Sector Important to Future of Industry » Over-regulation Threatens Domestic Production » NFU Outlines Farm Bill, COOL Priorities ![]()
» UK on High Alert with Schmallenberg in England » Rural Economy Grant is Good News, Say NFU » New Large Animal Territory Manager for Ceva » NI Brucellosis Outbreaks Lowest Since 1990's » DARD TB Proposals a New Low Point for Farmers » 121 Farms with Schmallenberg » EBLEX Heralds Landmark Export to France
» Mexico Sends Third Shipment of Cattle to Turkey » Green Shoots of Recovery Emerging? » International Milk Prices Fall in Global Dairy Trade ![]()
» 13th ISVEE Conference, 2012
» Decline in French Cattle Numbers in 2011 » IFA Meet French, Italian & Spainish on CAP 2013 » Life Technologies Acquires LSI » Cattle Are Not a Reservoir for New STEC
» New Animal Welfare Strategy Driven Forward » CAP: European Farmers React to Proposals ![]()
» Chinese Olympians Banned from Eating Meat » China' Beef Production Forecast Now at 5.5M Tons
» Gov't Supports Grazing Project to Mitigate Drought
» FMD-Positive Pigs Found in Taiwan » More Scientific Data on Ractopamine Needed
» FMD NEWS: Zambia Reports FMD Outbreak
» Egypt Urged to Take in Stranded Cattle After 2700 Die
» Cattle Dealers Express Concern About Barriers
» Uruguayan Meat Consumption Up, Beef Demand Falls
» 847 Holdings Affected by Schmallenberg That's all for this week! Ed. |
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