Drovers
A good cow herd vaccination program starts with the heifers. Protect heifers before breeding season begins.
Knoxville Regional Livestock Market in Knoxville, Iowa, will host the 2014 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship on June 19-21.
A K-State veterinarian warns producers of hoof conditions that could affect beef cattle this summer.
A group of young Alabama cattlemen are helping in the recovery of the South Dakota beef industry one heifer at a time.
The fed cattle market continues to be profitable despite ending the month of May on a lower point.
This time of year, cattle producers begin to ask ‘Should I creep feed my calves?’. The answer isn’t as simple as yes or no.
In his continued effort to build upon the history of the legendary Brinks Brangus herd, Ray Westall, owner of Brinks Brangus at Westall Ranches, has announced the purchase of 250 registered Brangus females from 101 Ranch at Palo Pinto, Texas.
Conducting breeding soundness exams on bulls is cost effective every year. It will be critical to check fertility before the 2014 breeding season after the severe winter.
Have cattle prices and lost grazing acres altered cow culling priorities?
Taking a step back in time will help explain why stocker cattle are priced where they are.
Often grazing plans and recommendations use terminology such as Animal Unit Months (AUMs) to describe the carrying capacity of a given forage or pasture.
Managing critical control points at calving can help you have a successful calving season.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the 2014 Range and Pasture Management Program in Coleman, Texas.
The Cattle Trails Wheat and Stocker Cattle Conference will be held July 29 in Wichita Falls, Texas, jointly hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is using goats to prevent future wildfires in New Mexico.
Cow-calf producers and large-animal veterinarians should plan now to attend the 2014 Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Conference hosted by Oklahoma State University on Oct. 8-9.
The Central Kentucky Premier Heifer Sale hopes to aid in rebuilding the national beef herd through their twice yearly female auction and private treaty sales.
When the calf is off the teat its time for the cow to get in prime shape for the birth.
Kansas State University in cooperation with Merck Animal Health recognized the recipients of the “Top Hand” awards at the 2014 K-State Cattle Feeders College.
Selecting cow/calf record keeping software: Choosing what works for you!
America’s food producers, who help keep the country’s supermarkets well supplied, rely on grazing rights, whose fees are a tax paid by the individual ranchers. They are not a government subsidy.
May Cattle on Feed report indicates fewer cattle in feedlots and less placements coming.
Oklahoma State University has been awarded a $1 million grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide some of the first climate adaptation tools for beef producers in the form of water management resources.
USDA research looks at how global warming will affect native grassland.
Stocker and feeder markets continued to show strength in the fact of seasonal trends that suggest the market should move lower.
Vaccines cost only $3 to $10 per calf. With prices for calves hovering around $2 per pound, even a pound of gain lost to a preventable disease would cover the cost of the vaccine.
Elanco is celebrating World Hunger Day by announcing a $500,000 commitment to Heifer International’s East Africa Dairy Development Project.
Yesterday, Jack Field, cattle rancher and Washington Cattlemen’s Association executive vice president, testified before the House of Representatives Small Business Committee to discuss the overregulation and impeding impacts of the rule for rural America.
DeKalb County sheriff’s officials say two men accused of stealing dozens of cows from eastern Alabama farms have been arrested.
Cattle producers are finally getting some relief from the especially long, cold and wet winter.