As replacement heifer inventory increases the percentage of heifers in the fed slaughter mix declines. That decline in the recent cycle was especially sharp, dropping below 34% for three years.

Cattle feeders maintain a strong bargaining position despite a softer futures market. Feeder cattle and calves trade mostly lower.

The following are key steps to guide producers who want to establish a new stand of native grass for grazing livestock.

State officials in Tennessee cannot conduct warrantless searches of private property, a court ruled May 9.

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) has announced finalists for its Seedstock and Commercial Producer awards, both sponsored by Drovers.

Soon after the 2005 U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the sheep industry became the first American livestock industry to be outsourced, claims Bill Bullard, in a response to Drovers’ contributing editor Nevil Speer.