Most Americans consider Canadians to be discreet, genteel and oh-so polite. But we share one cultural connection: thieves love beef, no matter what their citizenship.
The owners of a sale barn in Kansas have been charged with writing more than $2 billion in unfunded checks and wire transfers. Their alleged fraud scheme has lost banks millions of dollars and is impacting cattlemen.
Winter feeding is one of the largest expenses for ranchers, and hay production and feeding is one of the major labor requirements in the annual management of a cattle operation. Researchers across the country have long
While some cattlemen have already started weaning spring-calving herds, October and November are prime times for feeder cattle marketing decisions. What is your weaning strategy this year?
Wheat pasture has developed relatively slowly in Oklahoma so far this fall, but September prices for stocker steers and heifers average 14% to 18% higher than last year.
Flood waters are receding, but the challenges in recovery for farmers and livestock producers are just beginning. Beth Doran, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach beef specialist, recommends producers get out in their fields as soon as possible.
Weaning during very hot summer weather is stressful enough to the calves. Therefore any management strategy that can reduce stress to the calves should be utilized.
Many producers will castrate their calves when they are two or three days old, which is my preferred period. Castration should occur when the calf is rather young.
In only a few hours after reporting that cattle had gone missing in southeast Kansas, the cattle owner was soon alerted that the stolen steers were at an auction more than 200 miles away.
