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Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Production Trends to Impact Red Meat Exports in 2023
U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom expects a modest increase in U.S. pork production in 2023, and this comes at a time
October Pork Exports Largest in 16 Months; Beef Exports Already Top $10 Billion
October exports of U.S. pork were the largest in more than a year and beef export volume also increased from a year ago, according to
Whitt & Wisdom: The Thunberg Effect
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor Years ago, I walked into a feed store displaying a sign that read, “Hire a teenager while they still
Beyond the Ranch Gate: The Morning After
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor Nestled in my bed with dreams of placards advertising gasoline for $2.49 per gallon, grocery store shelves stocked
Rumblings From the Great White North: Fake Meat Business Falters
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor It wasn’t too many years ago when urban media headlines proclaimed the imminent demise of the “real” beef market in
Gypsy Wagon Dec 2022/ Jan 2023
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last
A Lady With a Mission
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher One of the features in CALF News during 1996 was a Movers & Shakers & Innovators column sponsored by
Rancher/Flight Attendant Handles Herds in the Pasture and Above the Clouds
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Heidi Humphries has handled rowdy herds regularly for more than 20 years. Whether it’s right after processing or assuring there’s
Barbara McCaffree’s Mission: You Do Not Get Food From a Grocery Store
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Words of wisdom from CALF News columnist Jim Witt remind us repeatedly that we must have a purpose in life
RURAL RADIO KEEPS AG PRODUCERS IN THE KNOW
By LaRayne Topp Contributing Editor The first blizzard hit the Northern Plains in November of 1948, bringing with it heavy snow, frosted with