The beef business is a long-term business, and producers need to gauge their production against solid indicators that can help them set or modify production goals.
Can changes to a cow’s energy intake during the second trimester enhance the quality of beef her offspring will produce? What effect might it have on the reproductive ability of the cow’s offspring?
Change and volatility are commonplace in today’s agricultural markets, and those trends have been no different in cattle marketing for nearly 20 years.
Increased U.S. beef production and lower cattle prices are reversing the trend of recent years, where beef exports decreased as record high prices rationed demand in both domestic and international markets.