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Enjoy the record-keeping and financial side of ranching? John Haskell with Ranch Right LLC shares the 3 biggest mistakes cattle producers make when it comes to management accounting and how to fix them.

The University of Missouri became the first college to land an electric autonomous tractor, a tool that will drive teaching and research into the future.

Nearly two years after close to 10,000 John Deere workers went on strike over a labor dispute, the company is indefinitely laying off 225 jobs from its Harvester Works location in October.

Could the optimism in the cattle industry be fueled by profitability? With cattle prices reaching record highs, it’s important to consider whether these high prices are equating to black ink on the balance sheet.

As brent crude futures soar toward $100, it’s creating a new battle in the Federal Reserve’s effort to fight inflation. One money manager warns another rate hike is likely.

Windrow grazing, sometimes called swath grazing, is a management practice that can significantly reduce harvesting and feeding costs.

Congestive heart failure is estimated to cause 4% of feedlot mortality causing significant economic losses to feedlots as the majority of these deaths occur late in the finishing period.

Making culling decisions sooner rather than later and will help producers hold feed costs down.

A record-keeping app for cattle producers using iPhones and Android devices has been developed by Kansas State University.

Higher cattle prices and declining wholesale beef prices pushed packer margins underwater last week. Pork breakevens fell to their lowest point in two years.