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1 day ago | thecattlesite.com | Zachary Mintus

Research Equipment and Innovation Weather Analyzing 100 different climate simulations over the past 61 years to find how El Niño determines warm or cold winters in Japan The phenomenon known as El Niño can cause abnormal and extreme climate around the world due to it dramatically altering the normal flow of the atmosphere. In Japan, historical data has shown that El Niño years tend to lead to warmer winters. This case was exemplified recently with Japan’s warm 2023-2024 winter season.

1 week ago | thecattlesite.com | Jim Wyckoff

Marketing Dairy Marketing Beef Economics Livestock analyst Jim Wyckoff reports on global protein news Beef: Net sales of 17,500 MT for 2025 were up 47 percent from the previous week and 78 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for Japan (7,700 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), South Korea (3,700 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), Mexico (2,100 MT), Taiwan (1,300 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Canada (900 MT).

1 week ago | thecattlesite.com | Zachary Mintus

Cornell university researchers tracking live bobcats in New York found widespread exposure to avian flu, also known as bird flu Avian influenza – which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk – has now been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state.

1 week ago | thecattlesite.com | Sarah Mikesell

SecureCattle is a high quality, pour-on solution that improves productivity by decreasing the impact of stress on cattle. Bimeda is pleased to announce an expansion to its product portfolio with the addition of SecureCattle, an analog of the naturally secreted bovine appeasing pheromone (BAP). SecureCattle is a high quality, pour-on solution that improves productivity by decreasing the impact of stress on cattle.

1 week ago | thecattlesite.com | Sarah Mikesell

NCBA CattleCon Markets Processing Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef’s executive director updates program progress and differences across the global beef industry Ruaraidh Petre, the Executive Director of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, spoke to The Cattle Site’s Sarah Mikesell at San Antonio, Texas, USA at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association meeting, CattleCon. At the end of last year, we produced our first Sustainability Report.