Callahan Grund, who previously worked in policy engagement, business development and animal disease traceability preparedness at the Kansas Department of Agriculture, has been named executive director of CattleTrace.

Hugh Aljoe, director of producer relations at the Noble Research Institute, shares how land stewardship can aid producer profitability.

Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.43 million head, 22 percent below 2019. Placements were the second lowest for April since the series began in 1996.

The feedlot industry will spend much of the summer working through the backlog of fed cattle but the hole from March and April feedlot placements should provide a marketing window to catch up by this fall if not before.

Weaning during very hot summer weather is stressful enough to the calves. Therefore, any management strategy that can reduce stress to the calves should be utilized.

Global beef trade is dynamic and trade levels rise and fall based on factors such as changes in currency valuation, areas of drought and global demand.