Beef: It’s what’s still for dinner!

Beef: It’s what’s still for dinner!

Just like that: The first four months of 2025 are over. While we ponder where the time goes, and because May is beef month, it may be interesting to talk about the U.S. and foreign consumer’s appetite for U.S. beef.

Beef specialist reflects on evolving industry

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of features on Extension livestock specialists.

Beef is front and center during the month of May

For many in High Plains region beef is front and center in rural communities and on the plates of consumers everyday. May is set aside to celebrate beef. It comes at a time with challenges this year. Trying to rebuild the nation’s cowherd, estimated at 28.2 million head, has several headwinds. In Texas, a year ago, David Anderson, an AgriLife Extension economist at Texas A&M, and Jason Cleere, an Extension beef cattle specialist, reported the st…

What US beef producers will be chasing in a bull as they rebuild the herd

American Angus Association boss Mark McCully gives a candid talk on the risks the breed faces to market share erosion and the new frontiers for breeding.