Drovers
It is important to decide the time of year you would like your calves to arrive.
The American Hereford Association (AHA) is offering several opportunities this summer for college students hoping to further their education and gain valuable real-world experience working with youth activities and communication/marketing projects.
A new packing plant in Idaho and boxed beef prices going up for three weeks are good news for cattle producers.
One central Texas rancher is fulfilling a childhood dream.
Both cattle health and profits in the beef industry will be addressed at the Driftless Region Beef Conference in Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. 22-23.
The process begins again each year by evaluating the genetics of the “keeper bulls” prior to going out and bidding on similar or better bulls.
Fed cattle prices rebounded to start 2015 out after several weeks of losses in December.
It is to be expected that a carnivore is going to hunt for food, but what happens when its prey become domesticated animals? For ranchers in northeast Oregon the answer is devastation.
Embedding the right EPD values for the chosen traits into the herd is critical for long-term genetic success.
This is New Year’s week and the number of cattle reports is smaller than normal.
Farmers and ranchers across Kansas are wrapping up the 2014 growing season, marked by rapidly changing fortunes that were buffeted by weather and markets.
The 2014 beef market had one common theme: record prices. From those record prices there are some lessons to be learned.
The record high beef prices that were the norm for much of the year have continued to drop off.
Most of 2014 saw record high prices, but the downward trend in the beef and cattle markets looks like it could carry into the New Year.
As 2014 ends, cow calf producers are thinking about the approaching calving season.
A second Arkansas man was arrested Wednesday and placed in the Ouachita County, Ark. jail as a suspect in the theft of approximately 70 head of cattle across Texas and Arkansas.
Calling in cattle for a little feeding and counting can be done in many ways, but Kansas cattle producer Derek Klingenberg has one of the more unique cattle calls.
Fed cattle prices fell on a live basis and beef prices also saw a slight decrease.
It has been a chaotic couple of weeks in the cattle markets.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.9 million head on December 1, 2014.
Pocatello, Idaho, police say two cows that escaped from a meat-processing business have been captured.
Good news for beef producers who attended last year’s 3-State Beef Conference: Rick Rasby from the University of Nebraska--Lincoln (UNL) is returning as a speaker for the Jan. 13 event.
The baseline traits used are simple growth traits that meet my “touchy, feely” criteria.
The workshop will focus on how beef producers can use estimated progeny differences and DNA in bull selection.
The Iowa Beef Center will offer several workshops focusing on choices in feedlot facilities in February and March 2015.
Managing stress in the winter time can improve the performance of feedlot cattle. Cattle respond to cold stress by burning more calories to maintain body temperature.
Cow-calf share or cash leases can be used as a way to share the revenue and expenses associated with a cow-calf enterprise when multiple people are involved.
Southeast cattle farmers and ranchers have begun a very busy and critical time of the year. Most producers have already begun calving season and some are considering improving management practices. Producers can make calving season more predictable, more profitable, and less stressful by implementing some key management practices.
Big-picture emerging issues in the beef and ranching industries will be addressed at the Southwest Beef Symposium.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is planning to hold a summit to brainstorm ways to beef up the state’s cattle industry.