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Cash fed cattle prices turned higher late week with Kansas trading Friday morning and were rewarded for their patience.

Through May, beef cow slaughter for the year-to-date is 15% higher. While some drought reduction has improved pasture conditions, range and pasture conditions remain at the worst level ever for this time of year.

Chicken wings have been a hot commodity the past decade, but as the trend changes post-pandemic, red meat producers may want to take note. John Phipps explains why.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service raised its forecast for total U.S. red meat and poultry production in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) on Friday.

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) recognized B.R. Cutrer Inc., Wharton, Texas, as the BIF Seedstock Producer of the Year Award on June 3 during the group’s annual research symposium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Ranchers in the Northern Plains have suffered multiple weather stresses and now may face a large number of cows not raising a calf. Many of those cows may be in less than ideal condition due to feed shortages.

These images depict a steer calf that had been on feed for 272 days with no treatment history when it was found dead in the pen.

Rising costs have forced stoppage of construction on the expansion of Iowa Premium’s beef slaughter facility in Tama, Iowa, the company confirmed Thursday.

Hereford breeders and commercial users of Hereford genetics enrolled a record number of steers in the 2022 Hereford Feedout Program to find out how their genetics perform in the feedlot and on the rail.

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) presented Dr. B. Lynn Gordon the BIF Ambassador Award June 2 during the group’s annual symposium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.