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“Collectively, we all seemed to enter spring bull sale season with a fist full of hope and a duffle bag filled with cynicism.”
New bulls need to be managed carefully between delivery and the start of breeding season to maximize the return on the investment in new genetics.
Select for fertility and use estrus synchronization and artificial insemination practices to improve profits.
The oldest USDA Process Verified Program in existence, the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program, which cattlemen have come to recognize quickly with the distinctive yellow tag that denotes Red Angus-genetic feeder calves, is setting new sales records.
Correct administration of any injection is a critical control point in beef production and animal health.
Antibodies in colostrum provide calves with their initial protection.
The fifth generation of Careys is still ranching in the Boulder Valley, Mont., after buying their first land here in 1896.
Firefighters battling a large wildfire in northwestern Oklahoma caught a break Thursday from diminished winds, but forecasters warned that other areas of the Midwest are at risk for pop-up fires because of dry air and strong gusts.
Take time now during the peak of lactation to write down which fall-calving cows have unsound udders.
Beef producers have seen trends in cattle type come and go, from the short and fat dwarf cattle of the 1950s to excessively large-framed giants of the 1970s and 80s.
Replacement heifer selection can affect the profitability of your herd for years to come.
A cow on a Montana ranch has delivered healthy triplet calves, a rare occurrence that happens only once in 105,000 live births.
The USDA’s Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) regularly conducts major studies of livestock-production segments to track animal-health related trends and practices.
More than $170,000 has been donated to help ranchers in Kansas and Oklahoma who were affected by the Anderson Creek Fire. In addition to the monetary donations, there have been convoys of hay, pallets of T-posts and lots of labor donated to assist fellow cattle producers.
Winter and spring rains across much of Texas and the country have created good conditions for the cattle market.
It’s not rocket science—controlling parasites is critical to herd health.
Snow is on the way for Wyoming, and it’s coming at the wrong time of year for ranchers.
As producers finish this (or any) calving season it is very important to record any multiple births that may have occurred.
Fetal programming is a term that many producers may have heard of in recent years, but may not have understood the concept.
The analysis of five-year trends showed growth predominantly from the pig, poultry and aqua feed sectors and intensification of production in the African, Middle Eastern, Latin American and European regions.
Efforts are underway by industry groups to assist those livestock producers who are in need of help after the devastating Anderson Creek Fire.
Cow calf producers with fall-calving cows have options as to the optimum date to wean the calves.
Selecting and buying the right bull for your herd is a complex question involving many factors including who you are, the type of cows in your herd, and the type of calves you are marketing.
French officials found a suspected case of mad-cow disease in the northern Ardennes region, raising concerns that Europe’s biggest producer could lose access to export markets.
The South Dakota State University Extension wants to teach landowners ways to properly plan for and conduct a prescribed fire.
Shifting calving from March to May didn’t change the cow herd’s reproductive performance.
Calving season is one of the most exciting, frustrating and tiring seasons of the year for many cattlemen. This is a time when the only thing that compares to watching a newborn calf struggle to its feet for the first time is the sound of it nursing its dam for the first time.
During 2017, USDA’s Animal Health Monitoring System will focus on the cow-calf segment, collecting data from producers around the country.
There will be no cattle inventory reports released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service this summer due to budget cuts.