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At K-State’s Gardiner Lecture, Nutrition Scientist Yanni Papanikolaou explains how gold-standard modeling disproved headline-grabbing anti-meat studies — and why beef is vital in the GLP-1 era.
Why combining economic selection indexes and comprehensive herd health is critical for long-term returns.
With high fertilizer costs squeezing margins, winter bale placement can turn wasted manure into evenly distributed spring pasture growth.
Documenting pasture moves does more than preserve historical records — it unlocks hidden forage potential, takes the emotion out of culling decisions, and proves stewardship to downstream buyers.
Last week the live and feeder cattle futures technically looked promising says Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek, but then the market posted lower weekly closes.
Four generations of disciplined genetics take Jett Ranch from 15% Prime to industry-leading carcass quality.
A nursing calf is not always a protected calf. Research shows up to 34.5% suffer from failed passive transfer — and targeted intervention in the first four hours can change the math.
A 24-member delegation of U.S. livestock and grain leaders traveled to Tokyo to mark 50 years of export growth and evaluate new retail opportunities.
From balancing cull cow economics to managing residue grazing risks, here is your essential checklist to protect profit margins and herd health this fall.
Cattle futures ran into chart resistance after new highs for the move on Thursday and on live cattle the market tested the long term trend line.
Rooted in data, driven by collaboration and guided by a “we, not me” philosophy, the Ashland, Kan., cattleman has spent decades reshaping the beef business from pasture to plate.
A beef-on-dairy calf is not simply a dairy calf that happens to enter the beef chain. Its early nutrition should prepare it for the production system that comes next.
With reauthorized funding under S. 2398 and a White House directive targeting pests and tick-borne threats like theileriosis and alpha-gal, vector control takes center stage in Washington.
First published in 2001, John Nalivka’s analysis shows why mandatory origin labeling threatens consumer demand, ignores grinding beef economics, and invites unintended regulatory burdens.
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Independent research on steers and heifers confirms what the closeout sheets are showing: an all-natural finishing supplement can move the numbers that matter most.
Retained ownership data shows management can help cattle express genetic potential and improve ranch returns.
With cull values down $30/cwt in some regions, cow-calf producers must balance forage reserves against feeding thin cows for winter rebound.
Kyle Bumsted of Allendale says the market is seeing technical buying and is right up into chart resistance.
Study shows a $170.18/head cumulative return at 1,000-lb. carcass weights, widening profit margins deeper into the feeding period.
High feed costs, retail resistance and resuming Mexican imports signal lower prices, but structural supply limits offer downside protection.
Check out the Sterling Marketing Profit Tracker for week of Sept. 26.
Iowa State research shows seeding winter-hardy cover crops into summer annuals after the first August cut can add weeks of high-protein pasture — slashing expensive stored hay costs.
Oklahoma State’s Derrell Peel says record-low cow culling and early signs of impulse heifer breeding suggest stabilization, but significant herd expansion will take time.
Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the cattle charts are looking more friendly after last week. While grains are disappointed in the lack of details from the China trade summit.
Checkoff-funded initiative funds beef culinary labs in 142 Kansas schools; applications open for the 2026 to 2027 school year.
By bridging the information gap between commercial ranchers and the packing plant, Capstone Beef earns top premiums — and the 2026 Certified Angus Beef Progressive Partner Award.
“Fed to the Wolves,” debuts Oct. 1, and its producers contend it reveals deep damage to agriculture and hunting in rural Minnesota and lack of action by state officials.
Following Douglas, Ariz., Santa Teresa, N.M., becomes the second southern crossing to restart trade with mandatory EID tracking and screwworm safeguards.