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Is there a correlation between the emotional well-being of livestock and their performance? The short answer is yes.
An environmental group that wants to end public-land grazing has outbid a rancher in central Idaho for a grazing lease on state land. It’s an alarming precedent cattlemen fear will play out again in the future.
The combination of smaller yields and fewer acres harvested will translate into another year of rising hay prices, says the Livestock Marketing Information Project.
While U.S. pork and beef exports have achieved impressive volumes in 2021, port congestion and other shipping obstacles continue to frustrate exporters.
Early fall calving herds face a challenge from the high temperatures of late summer. The primary challenge is the impact those temperatures can have on newborn and young calves.
Dual purpose crops are planted in mid to late September. Seeding rates, planting dates, and fertilizer management are compromises between the needs for fall forage production and grain production in the spring.
All of California’s national forests are now closed to the public due to raging wildfires. Wildfire threats and issues continue to grow as more than 6,800 wildfires have already burned 1.7 million acres in the state.
Longtime Kansas State University animal science professor and renowned beef cattle judge Richard “Miles” McKee, 91, passed away on Monday August 30, 2021, in Manhattan, Kansas.
Presume for a moment that all of this optimism turns out to be wrong and market performance does not deliver as analysts forecast. How will this affect your business going forward?
Auction markets across the country saw some sizzling prices last week as demand was called moderate to good for all weights of steers and heifers.
For Texas livestock owners, the registration of brands, earmarks, tattoos and other forms of animal identification expire every ten years at the end of August.
USDA is out with its new ag export forecast for both this year and next, and it’s showing exports could hit $173.5 billion in 2021, $4 billion more than 2020, due to higher livestock, poultry and dairy exports.
China’s pork production is expected to decline 14% in 2022, while pork imports are expected to climb 5.1 MT with consumer demand exceeding domestic production, according to a USDA attaché report released last week.
Ongoing tensions between Australia and China have opened the door for increased shipments of beef and other commodities to China.
Canada has joined Mexico in seeking formal consultation with the United States over the interpretation of content rules for automobiles set out in the North American trade pact, Mexico and Canada said on Friday.
The average culling rate the past two years, since the cyclical peak in 2019, has been 10.25%. Over the past 35 years, across cycles of expansion and liquidation, the average herd culling rate has been 9.65% annually.
There are some people that without, the cattle feeding industry just wouldn’t be the same. Bob Smith, DVM, is one, and has been named Certified Angus Beef’s 2021 Feeding Quality Forum Industry Achievement Award Winner.
Last week’s cash cattle trade was influenced by downtime at multiple packing plants due to mechanical and labor issues.
Cash cattle prices increased for the week but the gains were disappointing to feeders who visualized a larger advance.
Cheyenne McEndaffer, USMEF director of export services, explains that sustainability is an issue of growing importance to international customers of U.S. red meat and other key global audiences.
Cattle producers can set the table for the discussion on sustainability in beef.
Even as beef cow numbers declined, Canada’s total cattle inventory increased slightly for the first time in four years on July 1. Like their American counterparts, western Canadian ranchers are struggling with drought.
U.S. food companies respond to consumer desires for green initiatives.
With a carrying capacity of 600 to 800 cows, the Little White River Ranch is described as a versatile working ranch that boasts great protection for cattle in the winter and feed production in the summer.
Equipping cattle producers with the knowledge and tools to improve their bottom line is the goal of Texas A&M’s Beef Cattle Short Course. This year’s hybrid event reached nearly 1,900 across U.S., nine other countries.
The Iowa Cattlemen’s Association has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to include custom cattle feeders as part of any upcoming assistance plans due to th eCOVID--19 pandemic.
Alternative crops like sunflowers and black-eyed peas experienced a mixed bag of production and market conditions this season, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
In order to reduce the incidence of injection site lesions, injectable products should be administered subcutaneous (SQ)if the label allows.
California’s 2021 fire season has already consumed more than 1.57 million acres. Accurate and effective communication about the causes, drivers and means of fighting these fires has become necessary.
Producers should create breeding goals that will be profitable while being realistic, consistent, and driven by animal data, says Troy Rowan, University of Tennessee.