Drovers
Cash fed cattle sold $1 to $2 higher, but yearling feeder cattle sold uneven at auction with steer and heifer calves trading $1 to $4 lower.
Friday’s USDA cattle on feed report pegged heifer numbers at 39.1 of feedlot inventories, the highest percentage in more than 18 years, and year-to-date heifer slaughter is up more than 7%.
Beef packers continued to show signs that they still need cattle to meet the demand of their customers and paid higher prices last week.
Utah rancher Mark Mecham says his longhorn bull and an Angus calf were shot and killed while he and his wife were at a hospital for the birth of their daughter.
Cow-calf producers know that a dam’s body condition during late gestation and through early lactation has long-term and economically significant impacts on cow and calf performance.
U.S. Cattlemen’s Association files petition for labeling with FSIS, but NCBA says it is opposed to seeking “additional government regulation on our industry.”
Research supports fat as part of a healthy diet and consumers are demanding high-quality beef, and the beef industry has seen a rebound of grade because of increased emphasis on genetics, says Dale Woerner, Texas Tech.
Marketing professionals encourage ranchers to have conversations with calf sales reps to help find the program that is most relevant for your management and genetics.
The Beef Industry Long Range Plan is updated every five years to identify key areas to advance beef demand and help the industry focus on one strategic direction.
Ed Rensi, the former president and CEO of McDonald’s, says he has a problem with companies “guilting Americans into diet changes based on faulty information.”
Cash cattle markets backed up last week from a steady upward movement due to a boiler explosion, and the three days of unexpected downtime at Cargill’s Dodge City plant.
Grazing on harvested corn fields provides a fall and winter management option for cattle owners and an income opportunity for landowners.
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Body condition changes from the time the cow calves until she begins the breeding season and can play a significant role in the rebreeding success story.
Cattlemen sought relief from devastating cattle markets following the August fire at a Kansas packing plant.
Drovers columnist Jared Wareham answers a question he is often asked: “Have you discovered the best places to ranch in America?”
Important to meeting global demand and U.S. consumer demand is the growing desire of consumers to have input in how livestock are raised.
Following an explosion Oct. 17, Cargill says it is sending live cattle to other facilities but expects its Dodge City cattle receiving operations to resume early next week.
Strong global, domestic demand provides a bright spot for U.S. grain.
Cargill’s Dodge City, Kan., beef processing facility was back online Monday morning after an explosion on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019.
Consumers will soon learn how beef farmers and ranchers take to care of their animals to produce high quality beef in a new promotion and advertising campaign about the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program.
According to an analysis published in the journal Science, antibiotic resistance among bacteria affecting food animals has nearly tripled over the past 20 years.
John Phipps: My own hunch is aversion to meat derives from another more obvious source: CAFOs.
Cattle feeders continue to take advantage of the advancing cash market, with higher sales in all regions last week.
In an attempt to generate leads in a case growing colder each day, the reward for information about a large cattle rustling event has been increased a third time.
Cargill says it closed its Dodge City beef packing and processing facility on Thursday after an explosion injured two employees.
You can take preventive steps to protect calves from bovine respiratory disease (BRD), long before you ever reach for antibiotics.
CAB growth credited to “an entire community of Angus farmers, ranchers and feeders being extremely intentional over several years in the way they breed, raise and care for their cattle with a focus on quality.”
While fed cattle supplies remain historically large, they are set to decline moving forward. Seasonal supplies will be at their peak in the first quarter of 2020.
Agricultural markets will be impacted by world population growth, economic growth and the expanding middle class, African Swine Fever and the development of alternative proteins.