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Cash trade was light as many cattle feeders passed on steady bids. Feeder cattle and calves traded mixed. Live and feeder futures contracts posted weekly gains.

A Transylvania County jury found animal activist Wayne Hsiung, who was arrested in 2018 for allegedly stealing a goat, guilty on Dec. 6 of felony larceny after a breaking and entering and felony breaking and entering.

Reducing dependence on feeds and susceptibility to poor weather or market conditions, there is growing interest in developing replacement heifers at a lower cost without compromising reproductive performance.

As cattle producers, we see abbreviations, such as CP, RDP, RUP and MP, in relation to feedstuffs. It is important to understand the different terms related to protein in feed.

What did it cost to produce a calf and maintain a cow in your operation over the past year?

Honoring the 49-year career of the beef production professor and livestock judging icon, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will dedicate the “Dr. Doug Parrett Memorial Arena” in the historic Stock Pavilion.

A large contract foodservice company claims the nation’s largest beef packers conspired to fix prices and drive up profit margins from 2015 through 2021.

Keeping cattle fed, bedded and out of the wind is one thing; but making sure they have flowing water is another. Here’s some tips on winter watering your livestock.