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Six best practices for safely pulling a calf, provided by Valley Vet Supply Technical Service Veterinarian.

Castration is a key component to any preconditioning program that can greatly influence market price premiums or discounts, especially in older bull calves.

Three categories of pregnancy losses in beef cattle include early embryonic death, abortion and stillbirth. Many potential causes for stillbirths and abortions make it important to investigate each calf loss.

Name calling aside, what problem are we really trying to solve? Twenty-two years of data sourced from LMIC tell a compelling story (or lack thereof) about the relationship between cash trade and producer profitability.

U.S. beef exports remained red-hot during January, a continuation of last year’s record-breaking performance. Pork exports continued to trend lower in January despite another outstanding month for exports to Mexico.

A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by cattle ranchers over the alleged mislabeling of beef as a “Product of the U.S.A.”

Canada has approved the importation of beef and pork from Brazil, which had been blocked over health concerns, authorities from both countries said.

In an exclusive Drovers commentary, the president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute says despite popular arguments, America’s cattle and beef industries are better without government intervention.

Julie Anna Potts is the president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute.

Maps show the severity of drought in eight Central Plains states and where they began 2022 in beef cow numbers. These eight states represent 52% of America’s beef cows, and accounted for 67% of last year’s herd culling.