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The set of products included in total by-product values is quite varied and includes edible offals, inedible offals, meat. bone and blood meal, edible and inedible tallow, hides, and pharmaceutical products.
Vytelle, the in vitro fertilization (IVF) company, announces the opening of its 8th US-based and 17th global laboratory, strategically located in the heart of Nebraska.
All classes of cattle and futures prices moved higher for the week ending March 1. April live cattle closed at the highest level since early November.
Nebraska officials say a mower ignited a wildfire that burned roughly 110 square miles of central Nebraska grasslands.
Galen and Lori Fink were recognized as Kansas Stockman of the Year by the Livestock & Meat Industry Council at Kansas State University.
While the Smokehouse Creek Fire rapidly became the state’s largest in history, four other wildfires are burning in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle area. (Additional images contained in story.)
Chelsey Erdmann openly admits that she is not mechanically inclined and likes the business side of farming and ranching better in this week’s podcast episode.
Donations of hay, feed, fence supplies, cow feed and milk replacer are needed to support livestock owners impacted by the wildfires that have scorched ranchland across a large portion of the Texas Panhandle.
Sold: Integrity for the price of 12 cedars and a single oak in farm country.
A new collaborative effort is helping fund rapid investigations of unexplained morbidity or mortality events in animals – unexpected deaths or illnesses that could signal emerging animal disease threats.
Comparing cutout values across USDA quality grades and Certified Angus Beef® brand carcasses provides the quality pricing component of fed cattle values for grid and many formula sales.
Cattle feeding margins improved significantly the past month, crossing into positive territory last week. Beef packers continue to struggle with tight supplies. Pork producers reach breakeven.
A U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, dismissed a lawsuit filed four years ago against the USDA regarding its decision to increase line speeds at poultry plants.
Devastating wildfires are burning in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle region and the Smokehouse Creek Fire has already become the second largest in Texas history, consuming at least three-quarters of a million acres.
Beef-on-dairy numbers in the U.S. will reach up to 5 million head – roughly 15% of the cattle harvested annually – as early as 2026. The sexed-and-beef model of production will play a prominent role in the process.
A new report explains how the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program will facilitate farmer, rancher, and private forest landowner participation in voluntary carbon markets.
NBA superstars Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith learned how to hand milk a cow on live television thanks to a Madison, Georgia dairy farm, Big Sandy Creek Farm.
Since 2011, dairy cows evaluated using genetic testing has doubled every five years to exceed 1 million annually. That reduced sire generation interval to the point where genetic improvement is at the biological limit.
Calving distribution is a go-to production measure for its ease and the information it provides. Finding cost effective ways to front load our calving season can have significant financial benefits.
Edgewood Locker got its start in rural northeast Iowa in 1966. The business now spans over three generations, and it’s largely thanks to Joan Kerns who helped start the family business that’s now seen phenomenal growth.
The feedlot inventory as a percentage of the total inventory has increased over time, and the declining number of feeder cattle means there are not sufficient feeder cattle to maintain feedlot inventories this year.
Noble Research Institute regenerative ranching advisors say a grazing exclosure is perhaps the simplest method to help see the potential of your land’s production.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Monday it was suing to block Kroger’s near $25 billion purchase of rival grocer Albertsons as it would eliminate “fierce competition.”
Futures markets lend support to cash as packers looked to add inventory ahead of Cattle on Feed report.
The American Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to boost the money available to fund wildlife conservation, habitat restoration, and sportsmen education programs.
Cash cattle posted solid gains this week as futures prices closed the week with four-month highs. Friday’s Cattle on Feed report met expectations with the exception of placements, which were higher than anticipated.
A panel discussion at the NCBA convention focused on new profit opportunities for livestock producers created by corporate sustainability programs.
The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2024 Stakeholders Summit is set for May 8-9 in Kansas City, MO.
Rabobank forecasts market trends and economic conditions driving agriculture in Q1 2024.
It’s important the friends, family, and business professionals close to farmers are prepared and able to effectively communicate in a mental health crisis.