Category: Industry Issues

International Livestock Congress
Beef Industry’s Maligned Carbon Footprint By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Frank Mitloehner is mad, sometimes fuming. If you spread manure about the beef industry’s carbon

Sonny in San Antonio
Nation’s Beef Producers Welcome Sec. of Ag Sonny Perdue By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Ready to get his hands on a juicy, Texas-sized burger, Secretary

U.S.-MEXICO-CANADA AGREEMENT
Finally Close to Approval Big Win for Beef By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor In between impeachment proceedings, exterminating the world’s most deadly terrorist and a
Fake Meat Marketing Provides a Lesson
By Will Verboven, Contributing Editor I expect many in the cattle and beef business are somewhat dismayed at all the free publicity garnered by the

Gypsy Wagon Oct./Nov. 2019
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher The fire at the Tyson plant in Holcomb, Kan., was a serious blow for the entire industry. For those of
Planning Beyond Meat
By Jim Whitt, Contributing Editor A friend texted me with this question: “What is your take on all the plant-based burgers? Is the beef industry

Outlining the Pillars of Food Policy for a Revitalized Rural Economy
By Lisa Bard, Contributing Editor
Speaking specifically to those Millennials in the audience, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack charged them to “organize, educate, collaborate and advocate”
The Beef Industry Needs a Little Black Book
By Will Verboven, Contributing Editor How many times have you wished you had some instant facts at your fingertips whenever you hear or read disparaging

The China Deal – It’s Not TPP, But Still a Far East Feast for U.S. Beef
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor
Back in Beijing after 14 years – U.S. beef.
Not since 2003 has China welcomed U.S. beef to its shores.