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Cattle feeding margins decline even as fed steers trade steady to higher for the week. Packer margins erode on weaker wholesale beef prices. Pork producer margins improve but remain underwater.
It’s no secret that rotational grazing is an important practice used by producers to improve the natural resources they have available, but where can you go to get started and what does that first step look like?
All forages packaged in large round bales benefit from protection and proper storage practices.
Cash fed cattle prices have increased 4.8% during the month of November in the past five years, yet carcass cutout values have begun the month in a bit of defensive pattern.
Here’s some tips and strategies to help cattle producers stretch their dollars when it comes to winter feeding, shared by Aaron Berger, extension educator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Industry mourns legendary seedstock breeder and tireless advocate for genetic advancement and profitability for commercial cattlemen.
AABP urges practitioners and producers to contact legislators to express support for the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. The legislation would help protect the legitimate use of the product in livestock production.
Scientists have reported on Ohio’s first known established population of Asian longhorned ticks, and are now conducting research focused on monitoring and managing the pests.
Connecting agriculture with science helps STEM educators foster a new generation of consumers who are better informed about beef and beef production.
For seedstock producers, reporting performance data is critical in EPD accuracy.
Low stress weaning techniques can pay dividends to producers adding value through a preconditioning program.
In recognition of many years of service to the U.S. agricultural industry, the U.S. Meat Export Federation recently announced its 2023 award recipients.
Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence and sensor technologies, Oklahoma State University researchers have embarked on a groundbreaking project aimed at studying stress in cattle.
Association leadership selected for 2024 at the Annual Convention of Delegates in Orlando, Florida.
USDA’s regular October reports provided insight about future beef production. Any thoughts of herd restocking that may have existed earlier have been put on hold for now.
Newly launched course educates producers in ecosystem management for more sustainable and profitable ranching.
Last week saw several feedyards pass on steady bids from packers. Cattle feeders are counting on declining numbers of Choice carcasses to bring packers back with higher bids.
The American Angus Association concludes 2023 as the ninth-consecutive year of more than 300,000 registrations and an additional 138,377 transfers.
Beef demand has been remarkably robust through many shocks in recent years and continues to surprise and impress despite the nervousness of the industry to the challenges facing consumers.
Animals receive shots for various reasons throughout their life, just like people. Regardless of why the animal received a shot, it is important to dispose of the needle in a safe way.
North Dakota auction company announces new record-high land sale for cropland in the northeast corner of the state at $17,500 per acre, while in Iowa farmland sales are starting to cool off.
Cash trade was light as many cattle feeders passed on steady bids. Feeder cattle and calves traded mixed. Live and feeder futures contracts posted weekly gains.
A Transylvania County jury found animal activist Wayne Hsiung, who was arrested in 2018 for allegedly stealing a goat, guilty on Dec. 6 of felony larceny after a breaking and entering and felony breaking and entering.
Reducing dependence on feeds and susceptibility to poor weather or market conditions, there is growing interest in developing replacement heifers at a lower cost without compromising reproductive performance.
As cattle producers, we see abbreviations, such as CP, RDP, RUP and MP, in relation to feedstuffs. It is important to understand the different terms related to protein in feed.
What did it cost to produce a calf and maintain a cow in your operation over the past year?
Honoring the 49-year career of the beef production professor and livestock judging icon, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will dedicate the “Dr. Doug Parrett Memorial Arena” in the historic Stock Pavilion.
A large contract foodservice company claims the nation’s largest beef packers conspired to fix prices and drive up profit margins from 2015 through 2021.
Keeping cattle fed, bedded and out of the wind is one thing; but making sure they have flowing water is another. Here’s some tips on winter watering your livestock.
Projected breakevens for cattle placed on feed have declined $10 per cwt. over the past month. Pork producer margins are declining even with feed costs 23% lower than last year.