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The U.S. beef industry has evolved significantly over the past five years with a consumer-driven emphasis on value-added products.

Last week brought continued pressure on the cash fed cattle market in all regions, and the result was prices $3 to $4 per cwt. lower.

While the beef industry has seen growing demand, developments mostly driven by environmental activists still loom over the industry like a gray cloud.

For the first quarter of 2019, U.S. beef exports were slightly below last year’s record pace, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

It is imperative that the landlord and tenant talk about any remedies to the lease prior to the start of the grazing season.

Composting can reduce the concentration of antibiotics in cattle manure, but the degree of that reduction can vary depending on how it is tested.

The basis will need to continue to narrow for feedyards to see significant cash cattle price improvement.

These programs are not meant to take the place of on-the-ground monitoring and management, but they provide tools for the rancher tool kit to assist in the adaptive management of rangelands.

Activist groups have filed suit against the BLM in an effort to prevent Hammond Ranches, Steven Hammond (second from left) and Dwight Hammond (fourth from left), from renewing their grazing permits.

Just about every cattle producer with a pickup truck also has a stock trailer to connect to it, but many don’t give their trailer a lot of thought.