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Cattle will select the grain and best quality forage first when initially turned into a field.
Fall and winter grazing on warm-season grasses is the least detrimental time to graze these species.
There is never a bad time to update your marketing plan.
Ten registered American Red Brahman bulls found their new home at the Vietnamese National Breeding Center near Hanoi on Saturday, November 28.
Growing piles of evidence show we’ve created an unsustainable and less-profitable or unprofitable cow herd in this nation.
The Iowa Beef Breeds Council named Douglas and Glenda Schroeder of Clarence the 2016 Iowa Outstanding Seedstock Producer of the Year at the Iowa Cattle Industry Convention in December.
A friend called the other day and asked suspiciously what I thought about the confined-cow idea. He feared it could set up a pathway for true vertical integration in the beef industry.
Education, fun and fellowship were on the agenda at the American Brahman Breeders Association (ABBA) fifth annual convention November 20-21 in Ft. Worth, Texas.
A K-State livestock economist speaks on the immediate future of cattle feeding returns.
Tools such as expected progeny differences help producers buy the right bulls.
The futures market is showing signs of finding a bottom but nothing is guaranteed.
As producers with spring calving herds are completing weaning and moving cows to winter range, fall calving herds are gearing up for the next breeding season.
Beef cow-calf producers can balance rations to precisely meet the nutrient requirements of cows. However, they need to the nutritive value of rations feedstuffs first.
Merck Animal Health is committed to supporting cattlemen in their efforts to make continuous improvements through its CreatingConnections Educational Series.
If foot and mouth disease (FMD) were to break out in the United States, the disruption to our cattle industry would be significant, especially if the disease is not quickly identified and confined to a small area.
The 2015-16 Missouri Steer Feedout began the first week of November when 158, early 2015-born steers were processed in Paris and Carthage and sent to the Gary Nilan feedlot near Carson, Iowa.
Today, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) arbitration panel announced its final ruling that the United States’ Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for livestock and meat imports have cost our trading partners over $1 billion dollars.
Now that the first blast of winter weather is quickly approaching, have you thought about what that means to your cows?
Feeding silage, baleage, or apple pulp to pregnant beef cows requires careful management or congenital defects may affect calves.
Durable hay conserver feeder and custom cattle working equipment dramatically cut hay cost and ease the safe, efficient handling of cattle.
A Greenwood County seedstock cattle producer and a Clark County rancher and farmer have been elected to serve as officers for the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA).
Nice winters are not the time to skimp on cow nutrition.
As a seedstock producer, Lee Leachman, partner in Leachman Cattle of Colorado, has been aiming to improve the efficiency of his cattle to pass those genetics onto commercial cattleman.
The Cattle Trails Cow-Calf Conference, jointly hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Oklahoma Cooperative Extension, will be Dec. 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Successful calving seasons are the result of good planning and hard work.
New program provides nutrition recommendations for feeding dairy steers from start to finish.
Genetics play a role in how cattle will ultimately perform.
Winter weather has hit much of the country. Time to start getting a ration put together.
Old Man Winter made an appearance over the Thanksgiving weekend in many parts of cattle country, challenging producers with rain, freezing rain and even snow depending on where they live.