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Strong breeding seasons start with strong postpartum cows. Winter calving offers the chance to get both right with attentive management.
Analysts agree recent data does not show signs of heifer retention.
UNL’s Wilke shares tips for managing cattle during the cold, snow, ice and wind.
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson explains the importance of understanding your production system when making breeding and selection decisions.
The announcement to close the Lexington, Neb., plant and transition to one shift in Amarillo shocked the beef industry. While local impacts will be significant, analysts urge producers to remain calm as the market fundamentals steady following the reaction.
U.S. agricultural exporters depend on the binding nature of USMCA provisions to access its closest markets and make sales, lawmakers wrote in a letter to Ambassador Greer.
When we focus only on the most obvious clinical sign or lesion, we risk missing the broader forces shaping cattle health. Stepping back reveals patterns we can’t see up close.
The company will end operations in early 2026 in the plant that employs nearly 3,200 people and can slaughter almost 5,000 cattle a day and convert its Amarillo, Texas, beef facility to a single, full-capacity shift.
A multi-state outbreak of neurologic EHV-1 has been traced to a major barrel racing event in Waco, Texas.
New website centralizing New World screwworm information across the federal government.
No one wants their family business to look like the Dutton family’s in Yellowstone. Todd Wiley’s innovative succession planning instrument is designed to avoid unnecessary drama and position his four children for success in the family pork operation.
In an exclusive interview, EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi says EPA’s new WOTUS definition fully reflects the Sackett ruling, simplifies compliance and delivers the certainty farmers have been demanding for years.
Manage bovine respiratory disease with cold stress management and animal husbandry.
Tight supplies and strong demand have pushed beef prices and producer profitability to historic highs. After peaking in 2025, CattleFax analyst Kevin Good forecasts prices will see a modest correction while fundamentals remain strong.
The change reverses part of a July trade action that had imposed elevated import duties on multiple categories of Brazilian goods and is the latest effort by the Trump administration to bring grocery prices down.
R-CALF USA is asking that bupavaquone be approved for use against theileriosis in cattle, the disease transmitted by the Asian longhorned tick.
An economic study that found the meat and poultry processing industry contributes $57.3 billion to the U.S. economy and provides 584,000 jobs.
Long before calving, subtle biological signals can influence the health, growth, and future productivity of a calf. Understanding and utilizing these signals could lead to the next revolution in reproductive management for cattle.
Here’s how beef producers Jon and Patty Tebelius have built a herd that works for their customers.
Ancient Greek philosophers viewed resources as abundant, not scarce, so economic action was judged not by the accumulation of wealth but by whether it enabled and served a praiseworthy end.
Strong demand supports beef prices amid economic volatility, but herd investment and growth slows as producers grapple with increasing uncertainty due to political noise.
Annual survey shows a traditional meal with all the fixings will require fewer dollars per person this year. But look to shell out more dollars if turkey isn’t the only meat on your menu.
Although the U.S. red meat brand has great meaning around the world, Jay Theiler says the livestock industry can’t take this for granted and must continue to invest in international marketing, especially as global competitors increase their quality to compete with the U.S.
An array of trade barriers continue to prevent the red meat industry from reaching its trade potential in specific markets within Europe and Southeast Asia.
Producers share practical tools and insights for resilient cold-season management.
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson shares how selection decisions impact cow herd productivity and profit.
Leading ag meteorologists share the weather drivers they are watching.
Strong financial organization and a solid relationship with your lender can make all the difference in getting a loan approved.
Texas A&M’s David Anderson breaks down the current cull cow market and shares his prediction for future cow prices.