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Feedyard inventories, placements, and marketings continue to decline.

While it’s tempting to turn cows onto new fall growth when rains return after a drought, holding off can help pastures and cows.

This year, one nitrate test on cornstalks isn’t enough for cattle producers. Know the nutrients and dangers that they contain.

When plants freeze, changes occur in their metabolism and composition that can poison livestock.

While more optimistic, Texas ranchers remain extremely cautious when it comes to rebuilding herds and holding onto forage stocks.

Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.18 million, 13 percent below 2011.

Calculated losses from open cows in today’s market tally higher than you might think.

Unless the production system is irrigated, drought will always be part of the risk associated with forage and livestock production.

Placements in feedlots during September totaled 2.00 million, 19 percent below 2011.

Poor weather conditions have resulted in high feed costs and big financial losses, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says.