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The 2012 calf crop was estimated at 34.3 million head, down 3%from 2011,which is the smallest calf crop since the 33.7 million born during 1949.

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.2 million head on Jan. 1, 2013.

Higher grain costs are creating opportunities for beef producers to explore other feed options, says Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University.

It will be more important than ever this year to have a solid prebreeding vaccination program with safe, efficacious products in place

There’s interesting speculation about when and how the nation’s cowherd will start rebuilding.

It is easy to take the data for granted, but the U.S. agricultural data system is under threat of budget cuts.

The 23rd annual Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) has officially opened its nomination season for 2013

Steve Cornett says there are two lessons that the cattle industry should have learned during the last couple of years and apparently didn’t.

Even with the farm bill in limbo, EQIP funds are available to producers to make improvements on their land.

Coming off the holiday, retail beef demand drops and futures were lower, but fed cattle prices were higher last week.