Cattle TodayArticles about the production of beef cattle and livestock.BLACK INK -- PROVING BEEF'S WORTH- August 7, 2008 People often measure value by their expectations.http://cattletoday.com/archive/2008/August/CT1666.shtml BEEF BOARD EVALUATES THE CHECKOFF PROGRAM- August 6, 2008 There has been much discussion within the beef industry about potential improvements to the Beef Checkoff Program. USDA officials recently spoke with Cattlemen's Beef Board officers about their responsibility to develop and recommend changes to the Beef Promotion and Research Act and Order to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.http://cattletoday.com/archive/2008/August/CT1663.shtml FALL FEST SALE TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER- August 6, 2008 Plans are currently underway for the eighteenth annual Fall Fest SimmentalSimbrah Sale and this year breeders have already promised some outstanding, state-of-the-art Simmental and Simbrah cattle.http://cattletoday.com/archive/2008/August/CT1664.shtml IT'S THE PITTS -- SOMETHING'S MISSING- August 5, 2008 When I shook his hand I knew right away that something was missing. The reason I didn't have a good grasp on the situation was that what was missing was the rancher's thumb and opposing appendage.http://cattletoday.com/archive/2008/August/CT1661.shtml CHAMPIONS NAMED AT 2008 NATIONAL JR. ANGUS SHOW- August 5, 2008 Members of the National Junior Angus Association celebrated &147;Christmas in July&148; during the 2008 National Junior Angus Show, July 13-19 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.http://cattletoday.com/archive/2008/August/CT1662.shtml |