At the end of the day, nobody cares more about cattle than the person that gets up every day to take care of them

I’ve been meaning to post this article and have finally gotten around to it! I have heard Dr. Dan Thomson, Director of the Beef Cattle Institute and Associate Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University,  speak before about animal welfare, and he contributes a very good perspective specific to the beef […]

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Technology a ‘significant asset’ in food production

The global food supply needs to increase substantially in the next 40 years, but the resources for such an increase in production will be the same or less, so producers will need technology. The following article was featured in Feedstuffs FoodLink and quotes my graduate major professor at K-State, Ted Schroeder. (3/26/2010) Rod Smith Food […]

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SafeFoodInc.com; Myths, facts about meat production

An alliance of associations that represent the livestock, meat and poultry industries have come together and formed a web site called SafeFoodInc.com. This web site they created is aimed to set the record straight in the meat industry by providing current data, full facts, sourced information and third party experts with real expertise in their fields. Through this, […]

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