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Most areas of Oklahoma experience 70 or more days each year with temperatures that exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit, providing ample reason for cattle producers to guard against heat stress in their herds.
Cattle producers capture value from pasture to plate.
Good records help producers make good management decisions.
Recent beef and cattle trade data shows a mixed bag of global market impacts, with total U.S. beef exports decreasing 5.3 percent in April compared to last year.
Here are some tips for how can we get more of these tricky two-year olds’ pregnant.
On very rare occasions violative residues of pharmaceutical products have been found in carcass tissues of cull beef cows.
Where do we go from here? After a rough ride so far this year, one can only imagine what lies ahead for feeder cattle prices the rest of 2016.
Have you ever wanted to shorten your breeding season, but don’t want to AI and are afraid of pulling the bull out early and potentially increasing the number of females that come up open?
A good immune system protects cattle again disease-causing pathogens.
Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Generally, implants are expected to increase rate of gain by 10 to 20% for yearling cattle on grass.
The last thing producers want to hear at pregnancy check time, is the call of “Open!” from their veterinarian. It is often assumed that open females failed to conceive; however, fertilization rates in beef cattle typically range between 90-100%. Nonetheless, only around 70% of fertilizations result in conception.
Concerns about livestock prices took some air out of the Purdue/CME Ag Economy Barometer, pushing the new index down to 97 in May from April’s 106.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has authorized killing four wolves after ranchers near Lander, Wyo. have had three verified livestock killings by the animals.
A North Dakota rancher is accused of illegally selling cattle that were supposed to be collateral for a loan.
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.