Cattle market fundamentals may remain favorable, but April’s expected rally has fizzled. Both feeder and fed cattle traded significantly lower this week, with cash fed cattle prices now $9 lower than just three weeks ago.

Producers will learn how to apply management practices to ensure the health, performance and quality of cattle

One of the cattle industry’s current challenges is finding ways to get the next generation of producers established.

On Monday, April 13, the beef checkoff hosted 20 students from Bridgewater State University for a “Raising the Steaks” immersion event at Gibbet Hill Cattle Company in Groton, Mass.

All market classes of beef cattle are at record high levels for this time of the year, but are lower than the all-time record highs established in the last half of 2014.

Grain prices helped row crop farmers improve their operations for a few years, now cattle prices are doing the same for beef producers.