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The first-ever Angus Means Business National Convention and Trade Show appeals to everyone involved in producing quality beef.
Study compared rates of dry distiller’s grains of cattle on Tifton 85.
Join the Auxiliary for their annual breakfast, meeting and the crowning of Miss American Angus.
What should producers do with the record income they’ll receive from selling cattle this year?
Post weaning calf performance is important to maximize cattle profitability.
Should you sell your open spring calvers or make them fall cows?
Even if EPDs are not painted on the side of your bull they should serve as a guide for purchasing.
The Cattle Identification Rule (Chapter 5C-31, Florida Administrative Code) has been published with an effective date of September 4, 2014.
On September 10th and 11th, SDSU and the SD Grassland Coalition hosted Allan Savory for two days of grassland related teaching, seminars, and a field day.
For more than 20 years, graziers in the Intermountain region of the western U.S. have interseeded forage kochia with crested wheatgrass to boost the productivity and sustainability of their rangeland cattle operations.
Can you effectively graze calves or yearlings on cornstalks?
Elko County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the killing of five cows and shooting of more than a dozen others in the mountains northwest of Elko, Nev.
Cattle producers drove as far as 100 miles to get the latest research-based information that included pharmaceutical best management practices, buying and retaining replacement heifers and pasture weed control.
Bermudagrass growers have been over‐seeding pastures successfully for many years. Can this practice also work with native grasses?
It is well known that cow milk production is critical to calf health and growth, but what about the cost involved to increase that milk production?
Common preconditioning practices, such as weaning, vaccinations and bunk feeding can increase calf value.
What are your plans with the big check you’ll receive for selling calves?
Are you and your cattle ready for winter?
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced Tuesday that he is pushing the federal government to assume some costs for protecting the lesser prairie chicken.
The Iowa Beef Center is hosting several different grazing events this summer throughout Iowa.
Limousin genetics are making an impact in the U.S. dairy population.
A two-day bus trip to various locations in Nebraska in early September will offer beginning and young Iowa beef producers unique networking and educational opportunities.
No matter what producers do there will be sick or injured animals. Knowing what to do with them is important.
All cattle producers should consider completing their Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification every three years, and convenient training is available in-person and online.
The conference will take place in six meetings at various locations across Kansas.
Rebuilding the U.S. cow herd numbers takes more than keeping female offspring to breed.
Irrigation transformed this region known by early explorers as the Great American Desert into an oasis of sorts. In an area of limited rainfall and surface water availability, the Ogallala allowed farmers to grow corn, which attracted cattle feedlots, then meatpacking plants, ethanol plants and dairies. Now the nation’s largest freshwater aquifer is starting to run dry.
The average rental rates per month for cow-calf pairs are about 20 to 25 percent higher in 2014 compared to 2013 in Nebraska.
Livestock producers who lost money due to droughts or fires between October 2011 and 2013 could be eligible to receive recovery assistance money through the Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program.
A three-year study by Iowa State University on cattle performance at a confinement owned by Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter will be beneficial to all beef producers, Rastetter and the researchers say.
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