Indiana Beef

🌱🐄 Healthy Pastures, Healthy Livestock! 🐑🌱

Rotational grazing is more than moving animals from one pasture to another—it's a management practice that benefits livestock, forages, and the environment.

By allowing pastures time to rest and regrow, rotational grazing can improve forage production, increase grazing efficiency, promote healthier soils, reduce erosion, and support better animal performance.

Healthy forages are the foundation of productive grazing systems and thriving livestock operations!

Celebrate National Forage Week with us by sharing these Fun Forage Facts!

Forages are the edible parts of plants that provide feed for grazing animals or that can be harvested for feeding. Forages include grasses, legumes, and forbs.

As we'll see throughout the week, forages have many benefits, from building soil health to providing wildlife habitat!

The USDA has confirmed multiple detections of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Texas and New Mexico over the past week. Katie Nelson, INFB's executive director of public policy, interviewed two livestock industry leaders here in Indiana for more information.

Dr. Kyle Shipman, Indiana State veterinarian, and Brian Shuter, executive vice president of the Indiana Beef Cattle Association, cover what New World Screwworm is, why it matters and what Indiana livestock owners need to know.

🎥 Watch the interview at bit.ly/3Qiz5T8

New episode of IN to BEEF out now!

Yesterday evening (June 3, 2026), USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that USDA has confirmed the first case of New World Screwworm in the United States in La Pryor, Texas.

What Indiana producers need to know:
- The food supply is safe. NWS is a live-animal pest and does not impact food supply.
- Though no additional cases have been confirmed, producers should stay aware of the situation and continue to educate themselves. Inspect your livestock, as early detection and rapid response are most effective to combat this pest.
- IBCA encourages producers to create or maintain a valid veterinary-client-patient relationship with their local veterinarian.
- Misinformation and panic are detrimental to the cattle business. Please seek information from trusted sources to minimize the spread of false information.

IBCA will continue to monitor the situation and keep members informed. Please visit www.screwworm.gov or www.indianabeef.org for more resources and the most up-to-date information.

Today, we remember and honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

This Memorial Day, as we gather with family and friends around the grill, we are reminded that the freedoms we enjoy, including the simple joy of sharing a good meal, come at a cost.

From all of us at the Indiana Beef Cattle Association, thank you to our heroes. We remember, we honor, and we will never forget.

May is National Beef Month! A time to celebrate the families and farmers who work hard every day to raise high-quality beef for our tables.

From weeknight dinners to summer cookouts, beef brings people together while providing great flavor and nutrition in every bite!

We are super excited to introduce our 2026 summer interns! They will begin next week!

New episode of IN to Beef out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

IBCA was proud to represent Indiana in Washington, D.C. at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Legislative Conference last week. Indiana had a strong voice at the table, advocating for issues that directly impact our producers back home.

As BEEF Leader mentee and Purdue University vet student Cole Wilcox shared, “If we don’t show up and talk about these issues, our legislators won’t hear about them."