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The 44 Farms International Beef Cattle Academy is now offering scholarships to 2020-2021 program applicants. A total of $100,000 is available to cover up to 70% of tuition costs. Applications close on August 15, 2020.

Negotiated cash fed cattle continued to trade at softer prices last week while feeder cattle were called steady to higher at auctions.

Packers should be back to six-day work weeks now that we are through the July 4th holiday, but an abundance of protein in the system should be expected to hamper cattle markets this summer.

Significantly higher volumes of Mexican imported feeder cattle were noted the last two weeks of May and throughout June which offset the lower volumes recorded through the first 4.5 months of the year.

A grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will allow North Dakota State University to study four rangeland management strategies that use fire and/or grazing as critical ecosystem processes.

Multiple trait selection is important for economic vitality. In this segment, Dan Loy shares how maternal traits are related to marbling and what that means for cattlemen.

Producers should be aware of the increased risk of “summer pneumonia” in suckling calves following heat stress. An increased respiratory rate and stress of heat may overwhelm the natural defense mechanisms of the lungs.

As temperatures begin to increase, health officials in several states are warning livestock and pet owners to be aware of dangerous blue-green algae blooms.

A case against the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District went all the way to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. And the decision has far-reaching, positive implications for landowners and cattle raisers.

Merck Animal Health announced the completion of its acquisition of Quantified Ag®, a leading data and analytics company that monitors cattle body temperature and movement in order to detect illness early.