Part 9: I find this beef innovation particularly interesting and important – mostly because I enjoy a great, juicy steak and am glad I can rely on the grading system of beef to provide that! From the beginning, beef was more about protein than pleasure and used as draft animals or for milk until they […]
A “Screwy” Success Story
Part 8: A part of history that is not as common – or not talked about much – is the eradication of the screwworm that caused a lot of damage to the cattle herd (and humans!) in the past. For all of the reasons listed below, the story of screwworm eradication is one of the […]
Branding Cattle in Colorado
I’ve had some questions about branding cattle, so I thought I would share some facts along with pictures from our recent branding cattle work with weaned calves. What is a brand for? A brand is a permanent identification marker. Each ranch or cattle-owner has their own unique brand to identify their cattle. My state doesn’t […]
Squeeze Chutes | Stone to Steel
Part 7: I know that squeeze chutes make cattle work more efficient and less stressful for the cattle we are handling. Just this Thanksgiving, my family branded and doctored over 200 head in a few hours and this was possible because of our squeeze chute.Temple Grandin will also tell you the animals prefer this method […]
Veggies intruding your mail
Pamela Anderson is on a postage stamp. But it’s not for what you think. According to Drovers, back in September, the U.S. Postal Service announced that living people would now be eligible to be featured on stamps. The Postmaster General said, “This change will enable us to pay tribute to individuals for their achievements while […]
Cattle Rode Rails
Part 6: To read the previous five parts of this series, click here. Railroads were extremely important to the expansion of the beef industry and the start of exporting beef. When the steam engine and technology of railroads came about in the early 1800s, the options were endless in moving large, heavy cargo – livestock […]
Meat causes Cancer? I think not.
We’ve all heard this. Don’t drink diet sodas – it causes cancer. Don’t eat processed foods – it causes cancer. Don’t eat MEAT – it causes cancer. The sad reality is…we don’t know what all cancers are derived from. I found this great blog post from Food, Think! with some great research background with seven […]
Celebrate Food Day – Every Day
The Animal Agriculture Alliance has a great resource to talk about the upcoming Food Day: www.realfarmersrealfood.com. The organizers of Food Day, (read more about them and who is involved here), have six initiatives to pursuade people into what they believe the right methods are to achieve a healthy lifestyle. Real Farmers, Real Food has five […]
The REAL Food Day | A video blog
My comments about Food Day via a video blog. For more info, go check out CommonGround Nebraska’s blog about The REAL Food Day.
Livestock ID/traceability important for export markets
When I was in Japan in July for the Nebraska corn-fed beef mission with the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), we had the chance to visit a large and very nice supermarket. In that supermarket, it specifically partitioned out the different countries that the meat was from: U.S. beef in one section; Aussie beef right […]
