Fall beef and forage seminar slated for August 21
Producers are invited to attend a fall beef and forage seminar slated for August 21 in Rosharon, which will include a hands-on demonstration of injection site techniques. The seminar will be held at Rosharon Livestock, 10945 FM 521 in Rosharon, Texas, with on-site registration beginning at 4:30 p.m. Please RSVP by August 18 by calling the Brazoria County Extension Office at 979/864-1558, extension 110. more
 

A simple test to detect nerve tissue in beef
Testing for the presence of central nervous system tissue has been a tedious affair, involving chromatography, polymerase chain reaction assays or other laboratory techniques. What has been needed is a simple test that can be performed on cattle carcasses or meat products rapidly and in real time. That test may now be close to reality. more
 

Cattle don't have much to do with global warming
An EPA report titled "U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks" crunched the numbers to determine that 80 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions come from the combustion of fossil fuels and only 2.3 percent from food animal production. more
 

New Mexico holds off on lesser prairie chicken hunt
The heads of the state Game and Fish Department and the Game Commission have decided to hold off on issuing hunting permits for the lesser prairie chicken, a longtime candidate for possible protection under the Endangered Species Act. Game and Fish Director Bruce Thompson and Game Commission Chairman Tom Arvas said they will not issue permits while a decision to list the bird as a protected species is pending before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. more
 

TDA market recap, 7-11-08
For the week ending August 9, feeder cattle price trends at Texas auctions were mostly $1 to $5 per hundredweight higher, however a few sales late in the week were steady to $4 lower. Fed cattle prices were $2 higher. Corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum cash market declined this week. more