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The first calf heifer is one of the most challenging animals in the cowherd for a number of reasons.
It is nearly impossible to make significant herd progress without first establishing a defined breeding season and in turn a defined calving season.
Canada and South Korea concluded negotiations on a free-trade deal that will give more market access for Canadian beef producers and phase out tariffs on cars made by Korean companies such as Hyundai Motor Co.
Depending on your calving season, breeding may be only a few months away. Will your replacement heifers be ready?
With the cattle market at all-time highs and drought having decimating herds across Texas, some might consider restocking, but are questioning if it’s the right time to buy.
Doing so to help ranchers benefit from new farm bill safety net.
This week’s key bearish reversal provides a clue of a major high, but technicals haven’t broken down completely.
There was no winter calving preparation, so there was no extra bedding, sorting of cows, precalving vaccinations, clearing the aisles of snow, extra heat in the warming room, and line of work boots and insulated coveralls.
The initial investment of a bull in today’s market may seem staggering, but it is an investment that adds immediate value to the herd working forward.
Last week, legislation was introduced to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from disclosing the private and confidential information of livestock and poultry producers to the public.
A new date, March 13, has been set for the 2014 River Valley Beef Cattle Conference that was postponed due to threatening winter weather.
AI and estrus synchronization programs can prove helpful during breeding season.
Winter and spring is the time of year when cattle producers begin making their breeding decisions, with that comes many bull sale catalogs and EPDs that need to be reviewed and analyzed.
A major cost for cow-calf producers is obtaining an adequate supply of acceptable heifers, but purchasing replacements can sometimes an attractive alternative.
Data is essential for finding the desired genetics when selecting bulls.
This article picks up the resource use discussion with a focus on the physical and financial resources of cattle operations.
Discussions of genetics typically focus on the cow calf producer, however genetics play just as much of a role in the stocker industry as they do cow/calf.
Beef producers have many options available to include in beef cattle diets that can offer many benefits in a small package.
Double Dye Farms has raised Angus cattle for more than 50 years.
New venture will create unified platform for expanded breed communications and marketing.
Despite a cow-calf producer’s best efforts relative to providing desired herd genetics and ease of birthing through bull selection and heifer development, some cows or heifers still need assistance at calving time.
Although data indicate the rebuilding of Oklahoma’s beef cow herd is happening, herd numbers are still down 10.5 percent from Jan. 1, 2011, meaning the process is only in the beginning stages.
Pro Farmer’s Julianne Johnston digests an active week of trade in the cattle market.
Now that we have left behind a few years of severe droughts and hay shortages, there has been renewed talk about beef herd reconstruction in the U.S. fueled by a couple years of encouraging calf prices.
New genetic tools, similar to those being used to aid selection in the whole animal, are being used to improve our understanding of the relationships among the rumen micro-organisms along with how they interact with their hosts.
The proceedings papers from the 2013 XXIII Range Beef Cow Symposium held in Rapid City, SD are now available.