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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.
“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.