Flooding in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa continues to impact cattlemen, right in the middle of calving season. Additional moisture this week, will aggravate the situation even more, meteorologists say.

The nation’s fourth largest beef packer is growing and consumers are surveyed on the use of vegetarian products bearing meat labeling.

Eyes to the sky, farmers count costs of cattle losses

Cattle markets have been keeping pace in early 2019 compared to the same first quarter period in 2017 and 2018.

The recent USDA release of the December livestock trade data puts a bow on cattle and beef trade for 2018.

The beef cattle trade has been highlighting this winter’s weather market for several weeks now, but the impact from last week’s bomb cyclone the cattle feeding belt has escalated problems for cattle performance.