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The USDA strike team uses dispersal by air and vehicle along with ground release chambers to keep the devastating flesh‑eating pest from gaining a foothold in U.S. livestock and wildlife.

Cattle futures were lower early Thursday seeing some profit taking after some technical chart breakouts this week, but also positioning ahead of the holiday.

Southwest Minnesota rancher and educator Jasper Oeltjen shares a strategic framework to help producers pull themselves out of “reaction mode” and improve their mental health and bottom line.

Implications of Heavier Finished Weights

Foot quality and soundness are top of mind as producers evaluate their cattle year-round, starting with genetic selection, managing environmental and nutrition factors and culling the cattle that do not make the cut.

Check out the Sterling Marketing Profit Tracker for week of June 13.

Research in beef-on-dairy cattle is challenging long-held assumptions about when these costly lesions develop.

As Prime grading exceeds 17% of the mix, narrowing price spreads are shifting the profitability landscape for packers and producers alike.

The USDA NWS Grand Challenge funds 40 innovative projects aimed at modernizing sterile fly production, traps and therapeutics to protect the American livestock industry.