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It is important to maintain our community ties built around agriculture and mining that have been the fabric of rural America.
While the CME futures was under distress last week, hedgers were able to receive the best basis they have seen for several weeks and the result was a steady cash market.
The cattle of tomorrow are being bred with more and more precision, and the rate of improvement can increase. They’ll fit the places they live and the places they’re headed more and more predictably.
Performance Livestock Analytics (PLA) and Top Dollar Angus are partnering to help seedstock and commercial cattlemen simplify data entry and capture more value from their management decisions.
Dean Edge, Rimbey, Alta., was named Champion at the 2020 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC) Midwestern Regional Qualifying Event in Yankton, S.D.
A series of workshops for feedyard managers and employees will be held in Kansas and Nebraska next month that will provide practical tips and strategies for successful feedyard operation.
Prosecutors in the 2017 trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and 14 others deliberately scuttled the case, so the government shouldn’t be allowed to revive the case, an attorney says.
During the last trimester of pregnancy in beef cows, the fetus grows rapidly, placing increasing nutrient demands on the cow. In addition, cold weather increases the cow’s nutrient requirements.
The Montana Livestock Loss Board has paid ranchers for more than 360 animals killed by mountain lions, grizzly bears and wolves in 2019, the third consecutive year a new record was set for the payouts.
Widespread wildfires mean Australian cattle and beef production will be reduced for the foreseeable future and rebuilding, whenever it can begin, will take several years.
Neogen Corporation announced it has released Igenity® + Envigor™ — the first and only genetic test in the beef industry that measures heterosis in crossbred cattle.
Surplus packer inventories and halted Saturday kills due to dwindling processing margins has stalled out the cash cattle market for now.
Jim Thomas of O Lazy Y Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma, was inducted into the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) Hall of Fame for 2020.
A Washington state representative is accused of being actively involved with extremist groups advocating armed resistance against the federal government.
The Center for Consumer Freedom placed a full-page ad in The Los Angeles Times questioning if the everyday consumer can tell the difference between the ingredients found in dog food and “plant-based” meats.
Christmas Eve day on our Platte Valley farm was cloudy and cool. Evening chores were to be completed earlier than usual so that the family could attend Christmas Eve services at the small Presbyterian church in town.
When diners come into Prime Cincinnati steakhouse and expect to spend “a couple hundred dollars” for a meal, it’s a responsibility executive chef Shawn Heine doesn’t take lightly.
While some producers have plentiful hay, rain during and after cutting may have resulted in reduced forage quality due to mold, leaf loss, shatter and nutrient leaching.
Hereford breeders have made significant genetic progress during the last decade — posting a 17% reduction in birth weights, a 20% increase in growth traits and an impressive 150% gain in marbling since 2008.
Southern plains ranchers often use wheat pasture as much of the winter feed supply, but some may wonder about unsatisfactory breeding performance of heifers when grazing wheat pasture.
Capturing and using data on the performance of your herd and the profitability of your ranch can help you make decisions that will lead to better performance and profitability.
Beef exports were down 9.0 percent in October compared to last year, contributing to a 4.2 percent year over year decrease in beef exports for the first ten months of 2019.
When it comes to scour prevention, what we’ve been doing for years — vaccinating cows prior to calving — has not been very successful: rates of neonatal calf scours have shown little improvement.
Despite the industry’s efforts, calf scours remain a major challenge for unweaned calves. Even with all the tools producers use to combat the disease, no significant reduction in scour-related illnesses have been seen
Ranchers need cattle to gain weight all year. Unfortunately, colder weather can make that challenging. Plan ahead today for a better, heavier animal tomorrow.
Scour vaccines are being displaced by a new, more effective technology: guaranteed levels of scour-targeting antibodies delivered directly to the newborn calf with First Defense® products.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee voted Tuesday to permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which was established in 1964.
Authorities in a central Kansas community were searching Sunday for the owners of a camel, a donkey and a calf they found roaming along a road, reminiscent of a Midwestern Christmas Nativity Scene.
Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan., was crowned Miss American Angus on Nov. 4 during the 2019 Angus Convention hosted in Reno, Nevada.
Certified Hereford Beef® honored National Beef Packing, US Foods® Dallas and Vista Markets for their dedication to the Certified Hereford Beef brand during the AHA Honorees awards ceremony.