Drovers
Replacement heifer selection can affect the profitability of your herd for years to come.
A cow on a Montana ranch has delivered healthy triplet calves, a rare occurrence that happens only once in 105,000 live births.
As we move out of winter and into spring, prolonged periods of mud and moisture can significantly hinder cattle performance and profitability.
The USDA’s Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) regularly conducts major studies of livestock-production segments to track animal-health related trends and practices.
More than $170,000 has been donated to help ranchers in Kansas and Oklahoma who were affected by the Anderson Creek Fire. In addition to the monetary donations, there have been convoys of hay, pallets of T-posts and lots of labor donated to assist fellow cattle producers.
Winter and spring rains across much of Texas and the country have created good conditions for the cattle market.
It’s not rocket science—controlling parasites is critical to herd health.
Pork got top billing this week in grocery stores with Easter hams selling better than beef.
Snow is on the way for Wyoming, and it’s coming at the wrong time of year for ranchers.
As producers finish this (or any) calving season it is very important to record any multiple births that may have occurred.
Fetal programming is a term that many producers may have heard of in recent years, but may not have understood the concept.
The analysis of five-year trends showed growth predominantly from the pig, poultry and aqua feed sectors and intensification of production in the African, Middle Eastern, Latin American and European regions.
Efforts are underway by industry groups to assist those livestock producers who are in need of help after the devastating Anderson Creek Fire.
Cow calf producers with fall-calving cows have options as to the optimum date to wean the calves.
Selecting and buying the right bull for your herd is a complex question involving many factors including who you are, the type of cows in your herd, and the type of calves you are marketing.
French officials found a suspected case of mad-cow disease in the northern Ardennes region, raising concerns that Europe’s biggest producer could lose access to export markets.
The latest Cattle on Feed report pegs March 1 feedlot inventories at 10.77 million head, 101 percent of year ago levels.
The latest Cattle on Feed report, released March 18th, was an interesting one, especially for placements. Placements have been, arguably, the most interesting number for many months.
Attorneys for imprisoned kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin say they have found “overwhelming evidence” of prosecutorial misconduct that proves his 27-year prison sentence for money laundering is too harsh.
The South Dakota State University Extension wants to teach landowners ways to properly plan for and conduct a prescribed fire.
Shifting calving from March to May didn’t change the cow herd’s reproductive performance.
A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an investigator said Tuesday.
Calving season is one of the most exciting, frustrating and tiring seasons of the year for many cattlemen. This is a time when the only thing that compares to watching a newborn calf struggle to its feet for the first time is the sound of it nursing its dam for the first time.
During 2017, USDA’s Animal Health Monitoring System will focus on the cow-calf segment, collecting data from producers around the country.
A change in the composition of distillers grains could affect the percent inclusion in the feedlot diet and the resulting cattle performance.
Producers can be forgiven if they seem to be experiencing a case of déjà vu, as feeder and fed cattle prices are currently at about the same levels as in late 2013 after a 26-month rollercoaster ride in the markets.
There will be no cattle inventory reports released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service this summer due to budget cuts.
Beef cattle research faculty from Kansas State University and Texas Tech University will embark on a feedlot cattle production and health research program to provide beef industry outreach.
Once they roamed the range. Now they compete in shows.
Cattle temperament is a focus area for research with the aim of reducing the potential for injury to producers and to preserve the longevity of facilities. One of the main objectives of cattle temperament studies is to determine if selecting sires based on temperament is effective for reaching these goals.