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Cattle traded in the south early in the week at $1 higher prices, suggesting packers were hungry for inventory.

Selecting for just one trait can be ruinous in the cow-calf business—but it depends on how that one trait is related to others, and how well you keep the others balanced.

NCBA’s CEO says the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has become a costly and time-consuming burden for America’s ranchers, and cattlemen support modernization of the law.

Farmers and ranchers may apply to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands signup beginning March 16.

At the NCBA Trade Show in San Antonio, Certified Angus Beef’s director of packing explained the opportunities still open for producing Prime.

Cash fed cattle traded at $113 per cwt. for the week, $2 lower. Cattle sold on a dressed basis at firm prices of $182 per cwt.

Wildfires burned more than 30,000 acres in western Oklahoma over the weekend, with the Beaver and Forgan communities in the Panhandle evacuated.

Current wholesale beef values are lower year-over-year, but it’s too early to gauge what impact the COVID-19 virus has had on both export and domestic beef demand.

The Beef Quality Assurance program, or BQA for short, helps producers stay up on best management practices, and that builds consumer confidence.

Ranch families that have a son or daughter home from school for an extended period due to COVID-19 isolation should take advantage of the younger generation’s skills to update the ranch record keeping system.