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Student’s questions reflect consumer concerns over beef production systems.

Student’s questions reflect consumer concerns over beef production systems.

As bull-sale season begins, NCBA webinar focuses on genetic selection, highlighting an old tool; crossbreeding, and a newer tool; genomic testing.

With spring bull sales in full swing, cow calf operators are assessing their bull batteries and making needed purchases.

During the recent Cattlemen’s College at the Cattle Industry Convention a speaker discussed the importance of protein in maintaining cow condition and some basics for determining supplementation levels.

Producers need to review their anticipated calving dates, cow body condition scores and cows’ diet.

As the cow herd continues to rebuild feedlots carry on with business seeing fewer calves in pens.

Ammon Bundy and another 15 defendants pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal conspiracy charges related to the 41-day occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge. Several of the accused, however, expressed doubt that they enjoy the presumption of innocence.

Warm weather is coming and that means cattle producers grazing wheat in the Southern Plains have a decision to make: should they stay or should they go?

Native bluestem pasture in Kansas has fallen in price the last two years for many producers renting grass, but the rates are still significantly higher than six years ago.