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Cattle producers are being asked to provide their input to the 2011-2012 National Beef Quality Audit by taking a short survey

Summer annual grasses should be temporary solutions to forage needs

As cattle prices reach record levels, investors are starting to take notice as well.

Two feedyard operators discuss advantages of predictable cattle when grid marketing.

Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.50 million head, up 6 percent from 2011.

USDA’s Cattle report indicates that some beef cattle expansion has begun as beef heifer retention increased a modest 1%.

Most analysts expect the nation’s cattle herd to be 1.5% lower compared to year ago.

This is the lowest January 1 inventory of all cattle and calves since the 88.1 million on hand in 1952.

But opportunities abound for stocker operators and backgrounders.

More than 1.113 million cattle were shipped out of Texas last year because of the historic drought.