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Consumers will likely see a modest uptick in beef prices at the grocery store next year, though most of the significant increases have already happened, a cattle market analyst said Thursday.
Kentucky beef cattle producers voted to assess themselves an additional $1 per head on cattle marketed in Kentucky in a statewide referendum held in November.
Higher cattle prices might bump your tax bracket. Put that extra revenue to appropriate use before year-end
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Cattlemen’s College, now celebrating its 22nd year, has established a reputation as one of the most thorough cattle producer education programs in the nation.
Cattle and beef prices continue to rise.
Taking the proper steps to get calves off to the right start is paramount to the success of a cattle feeding operation.
A new fact sheet has been prepared by University of Wisconsin Extension on bull reproductive health.
Not as many heifers are making it into feedlots, but what is the effect on carcass quality?
The Nov. 21 sale brought $1,505,105 to 29 southern Missouri beef herd owners.
Life is good again — or at least far better — for those cattle producers who survived the long, devastating drought that decimated the nation’s beef cow herd and shriveled pastures across a wide swath of the country.
Genetic uniformity starts at home by selecting good bulls through knowledgeable and informed selection and implementing focused production goals for clear outcomes relevant to beef cattle production.
A Kansas livestock expert is urging farmers and ranchers to take precautions against rustlers as historically high cattle prices make the animals a prime target for thieves.
University of Illinois Extension is offering Beef Quality Assurance training in December.
Agriculture officials say heavy rains that have fallen this year may have driven up production costs for Arkansas cattle farmers this winter.
With cattle prices at record highs, ranchers looking to build back beef cattle herds need to take careful consideration of the composition of replacement heifers to yield top-quality calves, according to experts.
The Missouri Steer Feedout for winter-spring born calves began Nov. 4 for southwest Missouri participants.
Winter is critical to beef cow operation success.
There is still a need, and tremendous benefit from, the continued collection of phenotypes in the context of genomic selection.
Have you done taken a look at your cows’ body condition scores lately?
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the Coastal Bend Beef Cattle Field Day from Dec. 5.
He faced execution for failure to perform. But Benjy, the gay bull of Ireland, has been saved following a worldwide appeal backed by “The Simpsons” co-creator Sam Simon.
The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Food and Environment is cosponsoring the Managing Beef Cattle in Confinement Conference Nov. 24 at the Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service office in Lexington.
After traveling for hours by air to reach Argentina and Uruguay, a group of Kansas cattlemen found the scenery out their window to look strikingly similar to home
It might be a good year to background some cattle this winter.
Program helps reduce stress and improve health in herds.
Aggressively identifying ways to reduce depreciation expense should be a goal for cow-calf producers.
A cow is more likely to sustain a healthy state of living when the feed she consumes is a mixture of green and yellow feeds.
The American Gelbvieh Association is excited to announce the release of the Maternal Edge Female Profile for producers to use on commercial females.
According to current fence laws in Nebraska landowners are required to equally split the cost of establishing and maintaining a fence to divide their properties if either of the parties would like to establish the boundary.
A group of University of Missouri scientists are using GPS tracking devices to help local cattle grazers.
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