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Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Emeritus

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  • Vol. 23, No. 4
    • July Cattle Numbers
    • Genetic Selection for Calving Ease
    • Angus Commodity & Grassfed Product for Ground Beef
    • Baling & Using Hay
    • Does Exercise Affect Behavior, Health, & Productivity?
    • The Spread
    • Does Subclinical Infection Affect Feed Efficiency?
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month – Management of Horns
  • Vol. 23, No. 3
    • Consolidation in Beef Cow Production
    • Choosing a Calving Date
    • Beef – From the Meat Counter to Home
    • Cash Cow Costs and Profit
    • Another Method for Castration?
    • Beef Improvement Federation Guidelines – Revised
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month – Optimum Stocking Rate
  • Vol. 23, No. 2
    • New Records for Beef Exports
    • Historical Trends in USDA Beef Grading
    • Effect of Supplementing Methionine on Beef Cow Performance
    • Which Cuts are Tender and Which Not So Much?
    • Effect on Reproduction of Both Feeding and Injecting Trace Minerals
    • USDA Prime Pork?
    • Will Mandatory ID be Implemented in the US?
    • Grain Feeding and Marbling
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month: Proper Use of Antibiotics and Other Drugs
  • Vol. 23, No. 1
    • USDA Approves Additional Methods of Determining Carcass Maturity for Quality Grading
    • Effects of Varying Post-Weaning Heifer Development Systems
    • Breed Association Verified Heifer Programs
    • Effect of Nursing Growth Implants on Finishing Performance and Carcass Characteristics
    • Trends in Restaurants
    • Effect on Growth and Puberty of Heifers Due to Differences in Animal Density in Drylot vs. Pasture Management
    • Proposed Changes to Organic Standards Dropped
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month: Cow Body Condition Score at Calving
  • Vol. 22, No. 8
    • Branded Beef – It’s Not All the Same
    • Genetic Testing for Finishing Cattle
    • Amended Trichomoniasis Rules for Entry
    • Mineral Consumption and Performance of Stocker Cattle
    • Impact of Dairy Cattle on Beef Production
    • Inheritance of Horns
    • Effect of Horns on Carcass Bruising
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month: Recommended Type and Location of Injections
  • Vol. 22, No. 7
    • National Beef Quality Audit – Carcass Factors
    • Do Liver Abscesses Affect Beef Desirability?
    • Is Relative Cattle Performance the Same Over the Years?
    • 2017 National Food and Health Survey
    • Exporting Beef to China
    • Feeder Cattle Price Slides
    • Effect of Marbling Texture and Level on Eating Qualities
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month: Nutrition and Hay
  • Vol. 22, No. 6
    • National Beef Quality Audit
    • Value and use of Artificial Insemination
    • Can Beef be Labeled as U.S. Product?
    • Natural Beef, and Other Marketing Claims
    • Residual Feed Intake (Efficiency) vs. Reproductive Traits in Young Bulls
    • Inheritance of Color in Cattle
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month: Fence Line Weaning
  • Vol. 22, No. 5
    • Consumer Concerns About Food
    • Timed Insemination vs. Modified Estrus Detection in Heifers
    • Some Cattle Will No Longer Qualify for Angus Beef
    • EPD Breed Averages, Adjustments, and Comparisons
    • Proposed Changes in Beef Carcass Grading
    • Receiving Cattle at Feedlots
    • Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month – Antibiotic Withdrawal Times and Residues
  • Vol. 22, No. 4
    • Cattle Numbers and Price Projections – 2017 to 2026
    • Frame Score and Production System vs. Performance and Profit
    • AI Clean-up Bulls – How many do you need?
    • Effect of Bison Rumen Contents on Fiber Digestion by Cattle
    • Heifer Development System vs. Gain and Reproduction
    • A New $ Value Genetic Selection Index for Cowherds
    • Trends in Marketing Numbers and Price of Brahman-Influence Stocker-Feeders
    • BQA Tip-of-the-Month – Horn Fly Control
  • Vol. 22, No. 3
    • National Beef Tenderness Survey
    • Effect of Milk Production on Cow-Calf Productivity
    • Projected Meat and Poultry Production
    • Effect of Bovine Respiratory Disease During Receiving/Backgrounding of Finishing and Carcass
    • Effect of Liver Abscess on Eating Quality of Beef
    • Is Genetic Transmitting Ability the Same Across Different Geographical Regions?
    • Grassfed Beef Conference
    • BQA Tip of the Month – Firearms and Beef
  • Vol. 22, No. 2
    • January 1 Cattle Numbers
    • Genomics for Predicting Breeding Potential
    • Optimum Feeding Period for Optaflexx
    • Trends in Marbling and Carcass Quality
    • Never Ever Beef
    • Significance vs. Importance of Research Results
    • Effect of Revalor®-G on Growth and Reproduction of Heifers
    • EPD Breed Averages, Adjustments, and Comparisons
    • BQA Tip of the Month – Colostrum for Newborns

    Vol. 22, No. 1

    • Antibiotic Resistance in Animal Production?
    • Relationship Between Heifer Residual Feed Intake and Cow Efficiency
    • Effect of Brand and Lean/Fat Labels on Consumer Satisfaction of Ground Beef
    • Pregnancy Determination: Methods, Plusses, and Minuses
    • Amount and Particle Size of Roughage for Finishing Rations
    • Effects of Transportation of Cattle
    • BQA Tip of the Month – Needle Selection
  • Vol. 21, No. 8
    • Perception Can Cloud Reality
    • Effect of Cow Weight and Age on Economics of Beef Production
    • What is Genetic Editing?
    • Effect of Carcass Weight, Ribeye Size, and Yield Grade on Portion Weight
    • Effect of Urea on Performance on Cattle Fed Corn Distillers Grains
    • Effect of Trace Mineral Injection Plus Fed Trace Mineral on Heifer Pregnancy Rate
    • Effect of a Nonsteriodal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID) on Hot-Iron Branding
    • BQA Tip of the Month – Vaccine Storage
  • August 2016
    • What Affects Americans’ Decisions on Food
    • Using Heat Synchronization in Natural Service
    • Are Today’s Beef Cows Higher Producing?
    • Growth Implants for Suckling Calves
    • Characteristics and Management of Cattle Being Started on Feed
    • Source of Trace Minerals for Developing Bulls
    • Why Adjust Weaning Weights to 205 Days of Age?
    • BQA Tip of the Month – Animal Handling
  • June 2016
    • Cow-Calf Costs and Returns, National and Regional
    • Genomic Influence on Susceptibility to Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex
    • Effect of Late-Gestation Energy Limitation on Calf Performance and Immunity
    • Effect of Blood or Plasma Urea Nitrogen on Reproduction
    • Do Genetically Engineered Crops Affect Human Health or Livestock Performance?
    • Effect of Trace Mineral Source on Shipping Stressed Calves
    • 62nd Beef Cattle Short Course
  • May 2016
    • Livestock and Climate Change
    • Genetic Effects on Calving Difficulty
    • Effect of bST at Breeding on Reproduction and Calf Performance
    • Effect of Implant Strategies on Performance and Carcass
    • Additives for Stocker Steers on Wheat
    • Effect of Chronological Age and Carcass Maturity on Eating Quality
    • Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Grassfed Beef Conference
    • BQA (Beef Quality Assurance) Tip-of-the-Month: Residues
  • April 2016
    • Do Consumers Trust the Food Industry and What Do They Want to Know About Their Food?
    • Effect of Times AI on Production and Calf Value
    • Hay or Baleage for Backgrounding Calves
    • Does Lowering Cholesterol Reduce Heat Problems?
    • Stockpiled Tifton 85 Bermudagrass for Stocker Calves
    • Numbers, Prices, and Returns, Projected to 2025
    • Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Grassfed Beef Conference
    • BQA (Beef Quality Assurance) Tip-of-the-Month: Residues
  • March 2016
    • Cow Numbers vs. Beef Production
    • Timing of Growth Implants for Stockers
    • Price Premiums from Value-Added Sales
    • Effect of Early Weaning on Cow/Calf Performance and Efficiency
    • Effect of Supplementation Level and Monensin (Rumensin®) on Weaned, Grazed Heifers
    • Beef Breed Numbers, Then and Now
    • BQA (Beef Quality Assurance) Tip-of-the-Month
  • February 2016
    • Cattle Numbers Increase
    • Can an Anti-Inflammatory Drug Affect Reproduction?
    • Genetic Correlations and Antagonisms
    • Relationship Between Cow Weight/Efficiency and Drought
    • Does Zilmax® Actually Stress Cattle?
    • Effects of Stocking Rate, Forage Management, and Grazing Management on Performance and Economics of Beef Cows
    • BQA (Beef Quality Assurance) Tip-of-the-Month
  • January 2016
    • Perceptions of Food Consumers
    • Effect of Postweaning Nutrition on Ovarian Development
    • Heritabilities and Genetic Trends for Reproductive Traits
    • Dehorning at the Feedyard: Tip, Remove or Band?
    • Effect of Vaccination for Foot-and-Mouth Disease on Reproduction
    • Factors Affecting Stocker Performance and Carcass Traits
    • Current Status of Sexed Semen
    • Cool is No More
  • November/December 2015
    • New Trichomoniasis Regulation
    • Genetic Selection for Reproductive Success
    • Does Implant Status Affect Price in a Video Auction?
    • New Feeder Cattle Futures Contract Index Weights
    • Genetic Variation in Fecal Egg Counts?
    • Effect of Suckling and Developing Nutrition on Heifer Performance
    • Effect of Organic Acids on Acidosis in High-Concentrate Feeding
    • What Could Foot-and-Mouth Disease Cost the US?
  • October 2015
    • The VFD (Veterinary Feed Directive
    • Effect of Longevity on Cow Herds
    • Glycerin, Another Coproduct for Finishing Cattle
    • Effect of Method and Timing of Castration on Stocker Calves
    • Sell Cull Cows at Weaning or Later?
    • Do Growth Implants for Calves Still Work with Today’s Genetics?
    • Effect of Weaning Period on Calf Performance
    • 2015 USDA Dietary Guidelines and Sustainability
  • September 2015
    • How Much Do Consumers Care About How Beef is Produced?
    • Genetic Effects on Behavior & Structure
    • Using Half-Sisters to Increase Uniformity
    • Produce Beef Without Any Mature Cows?
    • BQA Advisory Statement on Use of Pneumatic Darts
    • Effect of Breed Type on Sale Price in Video Auctions
    • Trends in Livestock Auctions in Texas
  • August 2015
    • Corn – How Much Goes to Beef?
    • Predicting Feeding Performance from Genomics
    • Effects of Stocking Rate and Ionophore on Grazing Performance
    • White Angus?
    • Evaluation of Strip Steaks Varying in Marbling and Source
    • Hypertension in Cattle
    • World Cattle Numbers
    • Fat May be Officially Declared a Taste
  • June 2015
    • White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship
    • How Many Will You Have Left?
    • Trends in Cattle Feeding
    • GMO Beef, Anyone?
    • Effect of Breed/Type on Carcass Traits
    • Heat Tolerance & Embryonic Mortality
    • Could There be Flaws in the US Dietary Guidelines
    • Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course
  • May 2015
    • WTO Rejects COOL Again
    • Relationship Between Genomically-Predicted and Actual Yield and Quality Grade
    • Effect of Beginning Progesterone Status on AI Pregnancy
    • Walmart and Aramark on Animal Welfare and Antibiotics
    • Limited High-Protein Creep Feeding
    • Marbling in Holsteins
    • Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course
    • Consumer Demand at the Meat Case
  • April 2015
    • The Mediterranean Diet – It’s Not Meat Free
    • Joint Genetic Evaluation by Some Breeds
    • Feedyard Dust and Antimicrobial Resistance
    • Natural, Conventional, or Enhanced Finishing?
    • Creating Short-Haired Cattle
    • Byproducts in Beef Production
    • Effect of Growth Implants on Developing Heifers
    • TAMU Grassfed Beef Conference
  • March 2015
    • Cattle are Getting Bigger and Bigger
    • Protocols for Artificial Insemination
    • Performance and Reproductive Measures to Predict Fertility in Heifers
    • Beef Imports and Exports
    • Effects of Nutrient Restriction During Pregnancy
    • Value of Pre-Conditioned Calves
    • Extending Shelf Life of Ground Beef
    • New McDonald’s Antibiotic Policy
  • February 2015
    • Intensive vs. Extensive Cow-Calf Management
    • High-Frequency RFID for Animal Identification
    • Influence of Sex of Calf on Birth Weight in Nelore and Nelore-Angus Crossbreds
    • USAHA Recommendations for TRICH Regulations
    • Another Co-Product for Cattle Feeding
    • Beef is OK Says AHA
    • Trace Mineral Supplementation for Beef Cows
    • Are Cattle Numbers Finally Increasing?
  • January 2015
    • New Packing Plant
    • Relationships Among Genetic and Phenotypic Carcass and Palatability Factors
    • Feeding Behavior as a Predictor of Bovine Respiratory Disease
    • Heterosis Among Different Types of Cattle
    • Consumer Food Trends
    • Black is Always Black – or is it?
    • Social Responsibility at the Coffee Shop
  • November 2014
    • New Trich Rules
    • Effect of Calving Date and Wintering System on Cow and Calf Performance and Financial Return
    • Performance of Heifers Sired By Hereford, Braford, and Bonsmara
    • Part-Time Confinement Management of Beef Cows
    • Sexed vs. Non-Sexed Semen
    • Effects of Early Weaning on Performance and Total Nutrient Requirements
    • Genetic Diversity and Viral Infections
    • EPD Averages, Adjustments, and Breed Comparisons
  • October 2014
    • Do Genetically Engineered Feeds Harm Livestock
    • Effect of Prior Management on Finishing Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Economics
    • What Do Quality Grades Mean to Consumers?
    • Comparison of Angus, Brahman, and Romosinuano For Maternal Traits
    • Effect of Follicle Age On Pregnancy
    • Effect of Supplementation Level on Subsequent Performance and Profitability
    • Lean Beef – Are There Limits?
  • September 2014
    • Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology
    • Effect of Trace Mineral Injections or Pre-Weaned and Post-Weaned Calves
    • Marbling – Just a Little Can Mean a Lot
    • An Alternate Program for Synchronizing Heat?
    • Effect of Type of Bermudagrass on Forage Characteristics and Animal Performance
    • Estimates of Temperament in Brahman and Brahman-Cross
    • How Fast Should Heifers be Developed
  • August 2014
    • Ban Antibiotics for Growth Promotion in Livestock?
    • Influence of Line 1 Herefords
    • Effects of Quality Grade and Country of Origin on Consumer Satisfaction
    • Effect of Delaying Insemination of Nonestrous Cows with Sex-Sorted Semen
    • Is USDA Frame Size Accurate?
    • Which Steak is Best? Fresh, Frozen or Aged?
    • Can Lean Beef be “Heart Healthy?”
  • June-July 2014
    • What do Consumers Think About Production Practices?
    • Reuse of CIDR Inserts for Artificial Insemination
    • Proposed Changes in Texas Trich Regulations
    • Effect of Monensin and Growth Implant for Stockers
    • Do Rest Stops Affect Stress and Performance?
    • Effect of Varying Nutrition on Heifer Development
    • 60th Annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course
  • May 2014
    • Must Genetically Engineered Food be Labeled?
    • An Alternative Finishing System on Pasture
    • Do Heat-Synchronizing Drugs Cause Tissue Damage?
    • Effect of Adjusted Pelvic Area on Reproduction
    • Marching Toward “Sustainability”
    • Selecting for Efficiency vs. Body Composition and Feed Consumption
    • Dehorning – Remove, Tip, or Band?
    • Fourth Texas A&M Grassfed Beef Conference
  • April 2014
    • The bST Scare – 20 Years and Still Going
    • A Genetic Silver Bullet for Reproduction?
    • Effect of Size on Heifer Growth and Reproduction
    • Should Greater Maturity Require More Marbling?
    • Increasing Consumption of Beef
    • Genetic Relationship of Performance Traits and Reproduction
    • What is the Optimal Yield Grade?
    • Animal Feed vs. Human Food
  • March 2014
    • What is Important to Consumers?
    • Effect of Horn Flies on Milk Production
    • Relationship between Instrument-Evaluated Marbling and Palatability
    • Cow Temperament vs. Calf Growth
    • Does Site of Prostaglandin Injection Affect Estrous Synchronization?
    • Genetic – Environmental Interaction
    • Value of Certified Pre-Conditioned Calves
  • February 2014
    • New Rules for Traceability, Trich, and Fever Ticks
    • Effect of Meloxicam on Transportation Stress
    • Climate Change and Global Warming
    • Multiple-Sire Breeding Groups – What Happens?
    • Nutrient Restriction During Early and Mid Gestation
    • Effect of Body Maintenance on Lifetime Reproduction and Survival
    • Do Beta Agonists Affect All Muscles the Same?
    • What Countries Export the Most Beef?
  • January 2014
    • Antibiotic Resistance
    • Part-Time Drylotting of Beef Cows
    • What is Residual Feed Intake?
    • Genetic Relationships of Reproductive Traits in Young Bulls
    • Artificial Insemination vs. Natural Service
    • Mineral Supplement for Stockers
    • USDA Proposes Allowing Fresh Beef Imports from Brazil
  • December 2013
    • FDA Proposes Voluntary Eliminations of Some Antimicrobial Drugs for Food-Producing Animals
    • Residual Feed Intake Efficiency vs. Bull Fertility
    • What do Those Labels On Food Mean?
    • What is the Right Cow Size?
    • Handling and Management of Animal Health Products
    • One or Two Implants for Finishing Steers
    • Effect of Body Condition and Supplementation on Cow and Calf Performance
    • Are More Efficient Types of Cattle More Environmentally Friendly?
  • November 2013
    • Ethanol for Fuel may be Reduced
    • Growing Heifer RFI Efficiency vs. Breeding Performance
    • Effect of Grass/Forage Feeding on Beef Nutrients and Eating Quality
    • Effect of Weaning Age and Feed Source on Performance, Carcass, and Economics
    • Antibiotic Resistance
    • Survey of Transported Slaughter Cows and Bulls
    • DNA Testing for Grain and Marbling
    • There’s More to a Steer Than Meat
  • October 2013
    • Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans – What’s to Blame?
    • Effects of Grain or Grass Finishing
    • Variation in Feedyard Profit or Loss
    • Predicting Efficiency from DNA
    • Age Effects on Price
    • Another Way to use Liquid Feed for Cows
    • Reducing Pain of Castration
    • Update on COOL
  • September 2013
    • Newly-Identified Genetic Abnormality in Angus
    • Timing of Prostaglandin Administration in Timed AI
    • Effect of Bale Feeder Type and Monensin on Performance of Wintering Cows
    • What do Mothers Think About Food for Their Families?
    • Effect of Management Factors on Sale Price
    • Timing of BVD Vaccination vs. Response
    • Effect of Vitamin C in Distillers Grains Rations
    • How Big is a Steak Today?
  • August 2013
    • Are Organic Foods Healthier
    • Effect of Diet Before Calving
    • Stacking Technologies for Stocker Performance
    • Lean Beef for a Healthy Diet
    • Effect of Calving Period on Heifer Performance
    • Does RFI Efficiency Affect Bull Reproduction?
    • How are Most Fed Cattle Marketed Today?
  • July 2013
    • Renewable Fuel Standards Under Pressure?
    • Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation with Zilmax®
    • Effect of Density of Steam-Flaked Corn on Performance and Carcass
    • Horse Slaughter to Proceed Again
    • Performance, Efficiency, and Temperament of Heifers Evaluated During Growth and at First Calving
    • Does Temporary Calf Removal for Time AI Affect Reproduction and Calf Performance?
    • Relationships Between Cow Productivity, Stayability, and Growth
    • 59th Annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course
  • June 2013
    • Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (mCOOL) Marches On
    • Effect of BST on Developing Heifers
    • Alternative Beef Production Systems
    • Efficiency Vs. Production and Carcass
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
    • Effect of Freezing and Thawing Rates on Beef
    • Trends in Calf Breed/Type Premiums
  • May 2013
    • 2011 National Beef Quality Audit – Industry Perceptions
    • Effect of Age and Castration on Performance and Carcass
    • Trends in Composition and Price at Auction Barn
    • Propionate Supplementation on Reproduction
    • “Heart Healthy” Beef Cuts
    • Characteristics of the Millennials
    • Does Selecting for Higher Weaning and Yearling Weight Result in Higher Cow Weight?
    • Value of More Weight
  • April 2013
    • Changes Ahead for COOL?
    • Pain Relievers for Dehorning or Castration?
    • The 2011 National Beef Quality Audit
    • Heifer Development – What is the Current Thinking?
    • Cattle Genetic Type vs. Heat-Related Embryonic Mortality
    • Effect of Stocker Management on Feedyard Performance and Carcass Characteristics
    • Grassfed Beef Conference
  • March 2013
    • BSE Status of U.S. Upgraded
    • Carcass-Based Factors Affecting Feeding Performance and Profit
    • Effect of Genetic Markers For Marbling on Heifer Performance and Composition
    • Consumer Preference for Grass-Fed or Grain-Fed Beef
    • Producer Perceptions and Misconceptions of Importance of Color in Cow Herds
    • Summary of Effects of Monensin (Rumensin®)
    • January 1 Cattle Inventory
  • February 2013
    • New National Traceability Rules
    • Environmental and Economic Effects of Beef Production Systems
    • Does Feeding Genetically-Modified Corn to Dams and Progeny Affect Progeny?
    • Genetic Associations Between Body Composition Measured by Ultrasound or Visually
    • Effect  of  Rate  of  Development  on  Heifer  Performance
    • Effect  of  Creep-Feeding  on  Performance  And  Carcass
    • Skin  Temperature  Vs.  Efficiency
    • What  The  Heck  is  This  Stuff?
  • January 2013
    • Where Does E Coli Come From?
    • Effect of Stocking Rate and Method on Cow-Calf Performance
    • Economics of Estrous Synchronization and Timed AI
    • Tenderness Can Now Be Certified by USDA
    • Effect of Delayed Growth Implants on High-Risk Finished Steers
    • Effect of Zilmax® and Calcium Chloride Injections on Palatability
    • Impact of COOL on Consumers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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