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Market reacts to higher cash cattle trade, says Pro Farmer’s Julianne Johnston.
Cattle numbers are likely to be even tighter next year and in 2013.
Seven Missouri schools brought 236 students together to learn how to practice proper safety procedures on the farm.
Eight percent of respondents indicate they will no longer own cattle in 2012, though this is only a temporary measure.
Live cattle futures closed near week ago levels despite nearly $2 lower cash prices in the Central Plains.
With farmers from Kansas to Texas saying they’ve never seen it drier, it looks like 2012 runs the risk of being another short crop year.
Cattle prices have had a remarkable run to the upside with finished steers reaching the low $120s per hundredweight in early April.
It wasn’t just the world champion auctioneer at the mike—cattle were selling higher at the Eastern Missouri Commission Company in Bowling Green, Mo.
Producers seem to be feeling a bit of disbelief when it comes to current cattle markets, worrying about a sense that there is another shoe to fall.
The announcement will classify six strains of non-O157 E. coli as ‘adulterants’ when found in ground beef.
Pinkeye is a difficult syndrome to tackle. Prevention is key.
At a time when the nation’s cow numbers are still falling, increasing the productive life of a cow is worth more than ever.
The industry’s best hope for E. coli is not cleaner beef or more inspection, but a useful vaccine.
Next week, the cattle and beef markets will be watching the impact Hurricane Irene has on beef demand.
How many days and how much hay or silage will you have to feed this winter?
Nebraska Cattlemen is encouraging those with equipment and time to make more hay available, including grass in ditches.
Optimal forage production for either grazing or haying is rooted in some basic fundamentals.
Producers in the Southern Plains have to make some tough decisions during the drought.
Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch is a new website from the National Drought Mitigation Center to help livestock producers develop drought plans.
But may face downside pressure in the near term as fed cattle supplies are larger than expected.
While 26% of the beef herd resides in severe drought areas, states in good shape are trying to help those in drought areas.
See the sights and sounds from the last two years at Welding University.
The Beef Checkoff financial firewall at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is functioning as it should, according to officials.
Missouri will begin enforcing Trichomoniasis regulations for bulls on Spetember 1, 2011.
Recent high heat and humidity have caused considerable loss of life among cattle and not just in feedyards.
A Texas rancher shares his perspective on changes in the cattle information available over the decades.
Pastures and forages across the Eastern Corn Belt suffered yield and nutrient loss due to wet spring weather.
Beef is reclaiming its position in the foodservice trade, but see why it’s lagging in retail this year.
Despite record high cattle prices, indications are the cattle herd is still shrinking.