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High beef prices are here to stay for a while, as recent drought conditions in Texas and around the country have reduced the nation’s cattle supply to its lowest numbers in more than 50 years, according to agricultural experts.
Compared to pre-release estimates, USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report carried a neutral to bullish tone.
Industry-leading support offers a new calf management program.
The nine cow-calf producers who chose to retain ownership on their 137 steer calves last June instead of cashing in on them at $1350 to $1450 per head were rewarded with an early Christmas present.
Cattle feeders and agri-business professionals are invited to Feedlot Forum 2015 on Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Terrace View Event Center in Sioux Center, Iowa.
New Mexico State University’s Clayton Livestock Research Center is one of the nation’s premier cattle research facilities. Research is focusing on how to vaccinate the cattle better, how to better use trace mineral supplements, and how to handle the cattle humanely.
The American Hereford Association and Certified Hereford Beef LLC recently launched HerefordFeederCattle.com — an online marketing tool for producers marketing Hereford-influenced feeder cattle.
A new packing plant in Idaho and boxed beef prices going up for three weeks are good news for cattle producers.
Fed cattle prices rebounded to start 2015 out after several weeks of losses in December.
This is New Year’s week and the number of cattle reports is smaller than normal.
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.
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.
It has been a chaotic couple of weeks in the cattle markets.
Fed cattle prices fell on a live basis and beef prices also saw a slight decrease.
Pocatello, Idaho, police say two cows that escaped from a meat-processing business have been captured.
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.
The Iowa Beef Center will offer several workshops focusing on choices in feedlot facilities in February and March 2015.
Participants will learn about feedlot production, nutrition, waste management and marketing.
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Buyers paid up for Hereford-influenced feeder calves at the 6th Annual Montana Hereford Influenced Feeder Calf Sale Nov. 19 at the Headwaters Livestock Auction Yard in There Forks, Mont.
Not as many heifers are making it into feedlots, but what is the effect on carcass quality?
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.
Researchers in Canada conducted a metabolism trial using fistulated beef heifers to determine whether different types of wheat grain could be fed as an alternative energy source.