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Pork got top billing this week in grocery stores with Easter hams selling better than beef.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cattle make fewer trips to the feedbunk during muddy conditions which results in lower feed intake.
Student’s questions reflect consumer concerns over beef production systems. Question 6: In your experience, do you think a cow prefers consuming grass or corn?
Student’s questions reflect consumer concerns over beef production systems.
Student’s questions reflect consumer concerns over beef production systems.
Student’s questions reflect consumer concerns over beef production systems.
The use of beta-agonists in beef cattle production has been highly scrutinized following concerns of animal welfare, which has led to the removal of Zilmax from the market by the manufacturer.
As the cow herd continues to rebuild feedlots carry on with business seeing fewer calves in pens.
The annual Cattle report estimated that total cattle inventories in the U.S. were up 3.2 percent year over year at 92.0 million head.
Feedyards found plenty of economic incentive to feed cattle to heavier weights last year, the results displayed in record carcass weights and dismal profits
Northeastern Iowa cattle producers can learn more about an upcoming revision of a feedlot monitor software program at three meetings offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
It is important to capture added value when it comes times to sell calves.
A yearling calf that escaped from a Butte, Mont. meat-packing plant had a brief taste of freedom before being shot as it made a break for the Interstate.
Veterinarians today have access to better vaccines, better treatments and generally better overall cattle management than in the past, and yet the prevalence of feedyard death loss continues to run higher than just a few years ago.
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report says the number of cattle and calves in large Iowa feedlots is unchanged from last year.
Kansas Gov. Brownback performs ceremonial ribbon cutting for the nearly $50 million investment.
Since the turn of the calendar, feeder cattle futures have been mainly trading sideways except for Thursday when the market moved the limit lower.
The stock market is off to a dismal start in 2016. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of a weakening economy.
The first few days an animal spends in a feedlot are critical to their health and overall performance through the feeding period.
Given developments in multiple financial markets it is useful to pause and appreciate the broader situation underpinning the start of 2016 “outside” of the cattle markets to further assess possible upcoming changes within the cattle complex.
What goes up must come down! That is exactly what has happened to cattle prices, but the task now is determining where the market is headed in 2016 and beyond.
Cattle markets in 2015 transitioned from what 2014 was to more like what 2016 will be.
The last two years have been a whirlwind of dramatic extremes for the cattle industry.