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A bison ranch in the Dakotas that has been a source of frustration for other ranchers in the area failed to sell at auction over the weekend.

Rancher Bill Edwards is fighting an enemy that threatens to overrun his Flint Hills pastures, robbing his cattle of nutritious grasses and leaving the meadowlarks, box turtles, bobwhite quail and other wildlife in the same native prairies without suitable habitat.

Calf Crop Percentage may be the most important production calculation that a cow/calf producer can record.

The choice retail beef price declined for the fourth consecutive month to $6.23 per pound in September.

Reason and logic in a normal year would indicate prices are near the bottom, but the market could continue to act contra-seasonally and dip further.

The way to maximize calf weight is knowing and controlling direct and overhead costs incurred up to weaning.

Day old Jersey bull calves aren’t worth a lot, but if you add some beef genetics their value can increase tenfold.

Register by Sept. 30 to secure a place at the educational event.

Market prices for fed cattle in 2015 are headed in exactly the opposite direction of where they were headed the fall of 2014.

History provides a guide to how low markets may tumble.