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

Although there’s nothing like getting the grand champion slap in front of a huge crowd in the coliseum, youth livestock exhibitors point out that a lot of hard work and tough lessons were learned behind the scenes first.

Drs. Grant Dewell and Mike Apley, respectively, and Extension nutritionist Paul Beck weigh in on some things they believe contribute to the disease and how you can stem its development from the farm to the feedlot.

Implications of historic drought and massive herd liquidation will likely continue to be uncovered over the next several months, yet cattle producers remain optimisic about the future of the industry.

The North American Meat Institute announces a new tool to support the meat industry in measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The beef demand success story of the past is also the industry’s roadmap for the future, said speakers at this year’s Feeding Quality Forum.

While vaccination is widely considered a critical component of cattle health management, could the timing of vaccination impact the efficiency of the product?

A 13-year-old gelding in Dillon County, South Carolina, died from the state’s first confirmed West Nile Virus (WNV) case of the year.

Targeting many biennial and perennial species in the fall is an effective, efficient and convenient way producers can protect their grazing resource and get a jump on spring.

Higher slaughter cow prices are the result of strong lean beef markets and the related growth in breeding demand for cows. The current price of 90 percent lean beef is 17.3 percent higher year over year.