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The ACE Act will protect livestock from predation, compensate livestock producers who experience depredation by federally protected species, and fund methods to reduce conflicts between humans and predators.

Volatile cattle prices and decreased margins make managing bovine respiratory disease imperative to protecting the profitability of stocker operations.

Young calf respiratory disease can take a heavy toll on the health of your animals and your finances. That's why getting young calves off to a healthy start can benifit a cow/calf operation in numerous ways.

For building beneficial relationships and their drive to produce the best, M&M Feeders earned the 2020 Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award from the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand.

A new report unveiled by the American Farm Bureau Federation provides an in-depth examination of the causes and price implications resulting from extreme market volatility in the cattle industry.

Dalebanks Angus, Eureka, Kansas, earned the 2020 Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award from the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand.

Farm Journal Foundation releases e-learning resources to support U.S. educators and families.

To increase their opportunities and preserve legacy, one family tried something all-new.

In an effort to ensure the animal protein supply is sustainable, a Texas A&M researcher uses mathematical modeling to connect the dots between production efficiency in livestock and minimizing environmental impacts.

Cattle and hogs prices both moved higher last week and both enterprises posted profits on closeouts for the first time in several months.

“Rules? In a knife fight?” Harvey Logan, in a scene from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” was incredulous at the suggestion.

Walmart plans to achieve zero emissions and engage in a massive conservation effort in the next two decades on its journey to becoming a regenerative company.

Proposed legislation would restore transparency and accountability in the cattle market by establishing regional negotiated cash minimums and equipping producers with more market information, says Neb. Sen. Deb Fischer.

Expediting quick and accurate diagnoses while aiding in choosing the correct antibiotic the first time can save calves’ lives and reduce unnecessary antibiotic usage.

The goal of herd immunity is the reduction of infection or disease in a population’s susceptible segment.

The unpredictable events in 2020 sent a shock to the beef market, but the way it responded was no surprise, said Dustin Aherin, Rabo AgriFinance analyst, at the Certified Angus Beef virtual Feeding Quality Forum.

At Walmart’s Sustainability Milestone Summit, World Wildlife Fund, the Walmart Foundation, McDonald’s and Cargill announced they will join forces to make improvements to the grasslands of the Northern Great Plains.

Selling cull cows when they will return the most income to the rancher requires knowledge about cull cow health and body condition.

The Twisted Tail in BeeBeeTown, IA, is well known for its ribs, which won first prize in the 2013 Iowa State Fair Farm Bureau Cookoff. And now, the restaurant can add “Iowa’s Best Burger” to its list of awards.

Weaned and preconditioned calves bring significant premiums over calves that were weaned on the truck on their way to the sale yard.

This week's higher cash and futures prices have traders looking for additional gains next week. Packers gave up some leverage but their margins remain excellent.

During its anniversary year, the institute will celebrate the importance of the land, recognize farmers and ranchers, and highlight their contributions to the public at large through special campaigns.

Cattle-Fax CEO Randy Blach shared his vision for beef industry growth during the Certified Angus Beef Feeding Quality Forum held virtually last month.

You have the power to plan and choose wisely. You have readily available information and more tools than your ancestors dreamed about. You have the ability to control what you can, and you can control more than ever.

The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association announced Treadwell Cattle. Co, Christoval, Texas, as the winner of the Outstanding Rangeland Stewardship Award.

A moderate to high lice population in feeder calves significantly decreases average daily gains, and one study suggests losses from lice are more than $126 million annually. Here's a guide to proper lice treatment.

R-CALF USA has filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Beef Checkoff over amendments made to the program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The brand recently announced two additional carcass spec modifications to further enhance opportunities for stakeholders.

Virginia Tech researchers use artificial intelligence algorithms to understand and estimate the likelihood of pregnancy in heifers.

Once a calf comes down with a respiratory disease the negative health effects can linger the remainder of the animal’s life

The food supply chain is still working to improve from the upheaval caused by COVID-19, but recovery and a new normal are getting closer and closer.

R-CALF and the National Farmers Union ask the Federal Trade Commission to correct “substantive conflicts” seen between existing federal law and USDA’s “past, present and future meat labeling schemes.”

Ensuring calf health from day one spells success later – in performance and quality. Zoetis veterinarian Mark Alley shares why it's important to have a prevention and treatment plan ready.

The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will invest approximately $39,380,000 into programs for beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications during fiscal 2021.

Providing assistance to cows or first calf heifers generally concentrates on the survival and health of the calf. However, calving difficulty resulting in prolonged labor can have adverse effects on the cow as well. 

The Purebred Beef Unit at Kansas State University offers undergraduate students an opportunity to gain hands-on experience that is directly applicable when they go out into the industry.

Continuing COVID-19 impacts, global recession, political tensions and exchange rates will all be important in determining global beef trade in the coming weeks and months.

Fall is the ideal time to treat many weeds on the noxious thistle list, including musk thistle.

Windrow grazing annual forages allows producers to cut the crop at an optimum time for quality and increase harvest efficiency through strip grazing the windrows.

If Dan Basse, analyst and president of AgResource Company, was looking for agricultural demand drivers at the beginning of the year, that interest has intensified as 2020 wears on.

The first few days of a calf’s life sets the stage for future health and optimum performance. Learn why adequate colostrum consumption the first 12 to 24 hours can have life-long implications on calf immunity.

Another incidence of senseless killing of cattle has occurred, this time in Arkansas.

Links of the food supply chain, especially the meat supply, are regaining strength after periods of uncertainty during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, once again instilling consumer confidence.

To earn the Certified Angus Beef brand, Angus-influenced cattle, with predominantly solid black coats, must pass the brand's 10 additional carcass specifications. On Sept. 9 those measures got a slight update.

Calves are most successful in transitioning off the farm when they’ve had good care, are current on their vaccinations, and have been exposed to the challenges of a changing diet.

If we have a return to late summer high temperatures, a late heat wave may reduce bull fertility for several weeks after the weather has moderated.

With 41% of the nation in drought conditions, there is no doubt that lack of pasture is creating management challenges in the worst drought areas and likely leading to some regional destocking and relocation of cows.

“If you can work through some of these bigger weights, later on down the road, some of the replacement numbers we saw in there in the springtime and early summer timeframe would end up coming to pass,” says Bennett.

There’s no doubt about it, the market favors weaned calves. Even more than that, it favors long-weaned calves, and offers a financial reward to producers who execute a 45 to 60 day weaning period.

Type 1b has emerged as the most prevalent subgenotype of BVDV in the United States, accounting for roughly 70% of reported cases.