over 10 years if they adopt this technology without any associated increases in demand for fed cattle. Retail beef demand …. coli shedding in cattle for about five years. Despite demonstrated substantial improvement in human health that vaccine …

The NAHMS Beef '97 Study was designed to provide both participants and the industry with information on the nation … represented 85.7 percent of U.S. beef cows on January 1, 1997, and 77.6 percent of U.S. beef operations. NASS enumerators …

Section 1 of this report shows demographic changes of the U.S. beef cow-calf industry from a historical perspective … national studies in Section II complete the overview of change in the U.S. beef cow-calf industry during the 5-year period from … or more beef cows and 50 percent or more of their calf crop born between January 1 and June 30 (spring calving) The 18 …

In 1995 and 1996, prices for weaned calves were at the lowest point for the current cattle market cycle. The National … Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Beef ,97 Study examined the effects of the down market on beef cow-calf herd … more calves into other segments of the beef industry (17.5%). While health management costs are simple to reduce in the …

. Overall, 2,713 producers with one or more beef cows participated in the NAHMS Beef '97 Study, representing 85.7 percent of the … beef cows and 77.6 percent of the beef cow operations in the United States as of January 1997. Producers whose cow … dehorn cattle, castrate bull calves, and practice artificial insemination and semen testing than producers whose herds were …

The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Beef '97 Study collected data on the marketing practices of 2 …,713 beef cow-calf producers representing 85.7% of all beef cows as of January 1, 1997, in 23 leading cow-calf states. Of the … 1996, 13.4% of operations with 300 or more beef cows utilized this method of marketing. Larger operations were more likely …

Canadian exports of beef and live cattle to the United States have increased significantly since the late 1980s. Hog … exports have increased since the mid-1990s. Major factors affecting exports of beef, pork, cattle, and hogs from Canada to the … small but significant reductions in U.S. domestic prices of beef, pork, and hogs. …

A growing number of beef cattle producers in the US are using limited information to determine whether or not it would … be economical for them to grow naturally produced cattle. The objective was to discover the attributes that marketing … companies prefer for the naturally produced cattle they purchase, and to elicit the price premiums being offered for cattle that …

The beef industry in the United States consists of several distinct production levels ranging from the cow … the relationships within the beef industry may allow researchers to fine-tune analyses of environmental issues in the beef …