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Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. chicken processor, said the primary effect of the current avian influenza outbreak has been lost export sales and that the company can cope with the resulting change in poultry supplies.

Beef and cattle prices both fall.

Cattle prices are up, but beef prices are down.

The 2015 spring bull breeding soundness clinics found 14.5 percent of the screened bulls to be unsatisfactory as potential breeders to be placed in with cows or heifers this spring.

Producers with good, workable chutes are more likely to complete the appropriate practices than an owner with sub-par facilities.

Every year at green up, grass managers must make decisions about when and where to begin grazing.

Although calving season management is the primary concern for most spring-calving herds, that is only half the battle, explained Warren Rusche, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist.

Even though we don’t know for sure how pasture conditions will turn out it’s never too early to make drought management plans.

The beef industry stands alone in 2015 in its continued reduction in supplies available to consumers.

Beef producers learn updates to cow-calf management systems.