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Retail meat prices signal beef prices are down, but that’s due to a sharp drop in ground beef. Retail steak prices are up from year-ago, while pork chop and boneless, skinless chicken breast prices are lower.

Drovers Cowboy College tailored to cow-calf operators will be held June 20-21, at the Sheraton in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Here are some practical tips from special ranger Bart Perrier for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association on protecting your operation from theft.

Programs reward ranchers for calf health.

More than half a century after its discovery, bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) still wages war on cattle health and producers’ livelihoods.

It seems certain that herd expansion has slowed to a snail’s pace compared to one year ago, but from a historical standard, expansion is likely still moving at a fairly rapid clip.

Cattle on feed continues to increase, while drought conditions go away in the Northern and Southern Plains.

Researchers say Montana elk are to blame for an animal disease spreading into new areas around Yellowstone National Park.

Genomic analysis shows elk serve as self-sustaining brucellosis reservoir.

Taking high-risk cattle to low-risk can be done, and it can be profitable when the calves are priced right.