Protecting consumer confidence in beef. That is the the main goal of the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program and I had the opportunity to become BQA Certified last week. BQA is an educational training for producers to build awareness of industry standards based on recommended national guidelines and research from USDA and the beef industry. […]
As a rancher, mom and main chef in my household, we have two whole shelves in our freezer dedicated to ground beef. It is such a versatile, easy protein to add to any meal – and healthy! We get a 90/10 blend (90% lean beef/10% fat) from our local butcher, and I hardly ever have […]
I didn’t intend for this to correlate with Earth Day, but it seems like a pretty good fit to show my new compost bin today to celebrate doing better for our planet. Since moving to the country, having a bigger garden and not having a garbage disposal, I’ve been researching how to make my own […]
Just as I use my Garmin GPS watch to track my runs, researchers are using GPS tracking collars on cattle that are part of a five-year study to better understand beef production vulnerability across the southern Great Plains in the face of climate change. The goal, said K-State agronomy professor Dan Devlin, is to increase the resiliency of beef cattle […]
Moms aren’t always right when it comes to the grocery store, according to the new Gate to Plate survey of more than 1,000 moms. The survey found that moms are often misinformed, especially when buying “all-natural” and “hormone-free” products. (Click on the graphic to the right to see entire results.) Findings of the survey include: […]
Perusing through my Twitter feed today I found this tweet from National Geographic (@NatGeo): I was instantly interested. Do I consume germs? (My germaphobe husband might gag if he read this tweet.) What I discovered was really interesting. There are “living” germs in a lot of our foods today (like yogurt – I knew that, […]
Just over a year ago, remember that not-so-lovely article by Yahoo! stating that ag degrees are worthless? Well I have a come-back for Mr. Loose (author of that article). In USA Today, there was well-written article on March 26th – Agriculture majors face future with confidence. Who could argue? The author, Ms. Wickel says it […]
What is your attention span? Mine – especially for videos – is usually around 2 minutes. And that’s only if it’s good and I don’t skip on before it’s over. This video I’m posting about today is 22:20 and it felt like only 2 minutes. There is a new video circling the Internet (I found […]
Here we go, another blame on agriculture for something that I believe is far-fetched. On the Scientific American website, an article relates modern tooth decay to have originated in the mouth of a rodent (sick.), and found its way to our teeth – get this – thanks to agriculture. Apparently, according to the article, the […]
“Beef’s Raw Edges”: a series of 16 stories that ran over three-consecutive days recently in the Kansas City Star. This series raised plenty of serious issues including beef safety, nutrition, the use of antibiotics and growth promotants and the environmental impact of feedyards. These issues are all important to their readers – however they have […]
