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Do you utilize low-stress weaning?

Since the 1950’s and 1960’s seedstock and commercial cow herds have used a scale to evaluate the individual performance of animals in their herds.

Much of this summer has felt like early fall, but the summer heat is going to rally over the next several days, prompting concern about livestock heat stress.

Online training in animal care just got a new look at the Beef Cattle Institute.

Due to uncertainties in the Russian market, the beef genetics trade mission hosted by the South Dakota Department of Agriculture (SDDA) and South Dakota Beef Breeds Council planned for October has been cancelled.

Rebuilding the U.S. cow herd numbers takes more than keeping female offspring to breed.

Preliminary results from a study led by Kansas State University researchers show how U.S. cow-calf producers and the public view animal welfare in the beef sector.

First in the three-part series, “Fall Calving in the Cornbelt.”

Livestock producers who lost money due to droughts or fires between October 2011 and 2013 could be eligible to receive recovery assistance money through the Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program.

Stress is the number one issue that impacts calf performance at weaning.