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Distilled urine from female cattle currently fetches at least as much as milk in India.

Protein supplementation of low-quality, low protein forages results in a “positive associative effect”.

A 1,200 mile drive by an agriculture economist reveals crop and pasture conditions are doing well.

No producer should be shut out of competitive bidding simply because the calves are not identified adequately.

Heat and humidity could lead to heat stress this week.

Leaders in the northwest Iowa town of Cherokee want to see another company make use of the former Tyson Foods meat-processing plant just outside town, but they say the food company is making it hard to find a new tenant.

Most areas of Oklahoma experience 70 or more days each year with temperatures that exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit, providing ample reason for cattle producers to guard against heat stress in their herds.

Dry lot feeding of summer calving cows may be a cost competitive production system when grass prices are high, distillers grains prices are comparatively low, and corn stalks are readily available for grazing.

Now is the time to start thinking about marketing opportunities for calves this fall.

Summer brings bullish and bearish news in cattle markets.