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Coming soon to your grocery store and dining table: steak from cattle born and raised in Florida.
Cattle feeders are also looking to improve margins which have slowly but surely improved.
Low-stress livestock handling suffers from many common misconceptions, mostly as a consequence of its name.
Staying ahead of the curve is a fundamental element to the survival of most businesses.
Price premiums are growing for preconditioned calves in every region.
As calving moves into full swing, many producers are thinking about vaccination programs they want to implement at branding. However, only a few are also considering how growth implants could be used as a management tool for the nursing calf.
It’s all about increasing calf performance and capturing a premium.
Retail meat prices signal beef prices are down, but that’s due to a sharp drop in ground beef. Retail steak prices are up from year-ago, while pork chop and boneless, skinless chicken breast prices are lower.
Drovers Cowboy College tailored to cow-calf operators will be held June 20-21, at the Sheraton in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Here are some practical tips from special ranger Bart Perrier for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association on protecting your operation from theft.
As producers continue to make both short-term and longer-term decisions in managing their operations it is useful to periodically step back and take stock of characteristics depicting the industry more broadly. The recently updated estimates from USDA ERS of production costs and returns offer an opportunity to increase our understanding of regional variation in the U.S. cow-calf sector.
For years, the accepted target weight for yearling replacement beef heifers at breeding was 65% of their mature weight. Recently that target has been questioned.
Monday is the early bird deadline to register for Drovers Cow-Calf Cowboy College at a reduced rate.
Researchers say Montana elk are to blame for an animal disease spreading into new areas around Yellowstone National Park.
Genomic analysis shows elk serve as self-sustaining brucellosis reservoir.
Taking high-risk cattle to low-risk can be done, and it can be profitable when the calves are priced right.
The beef industry is still rebounding from 2012’s drought and now cattlemen are facing new challenges.
As we enter this branding season, producers may be asking some questions.
By keeping detailed records, producers can know how to best manage their costs in a market where they don’t set the prices.
A huge Montana nature reserve added a 47,000-acre historic ranch to its patchwork of lands along the Missouri River on Friday, a significant step in a privately funded effort to stitch together a Connecticut-sized park where bison would replace livestock and cattle fences give way to open range.
Small grains planted last fall are greening up and may be ready to graze soon. This spring, let’s make sure these pastures are productive and safe.
The devastating fire caused evacuations of several communities, herds of cattle have been corralled for safety and a state of disaster emergency has been put in place for Kansas.
Two research studies at the University of Nebraska suggest that the key information needed to identify heifers most likely to be successful as replacements is known the day the heifers are born.
Feed conversions of calves fed creep feeds have been quite variable to say the least.
Many cow-calf producers are asking whether artificial insemination (AI) or natural service bulls are more cost effective for their herd.
Key performance indicators, also known as KPIs, can assist beef producers in measuring factors crucial to an operation.
For five decades, my family has been ranching in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Nearly every one of those years we’ve taken in stocker cattle for our custom grazing business.
There are many different paths to success for young producers in the cattle business.