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Cattle feeders and veterinarians should keep an eye out for E. coli O165:H25, an enterohemorrhagic strain that can cause disease in cattle and potentially poses a food-safety hazard for humans.

Two research studies at the University of Nebraska suggest that the key information needed to identify heifers most likely to be successful as replacements is known the day the heifers are born.

Feed conversions of calves fed creep feeds have been quite variable to say the least.

For five decades, my family has been ranching in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Nearly every one of those years we’ve taken in stocker cattle for our custom grazing business.

Many cow-calf producers are asking whether artificial insemination (AI) or natural service bulls are more cost effective for their herd.

One of our best tools for increasing beef production is steroid implants. They’re also one of the most misunderstood technologies by consumers.

Key performance indicators, also known as KPIs, can assist beef producers in measuring factors crucial to an operation.

It appears herd expansion has tapered off as feedlots start to increase inventories with heifers.

Less beef was shipped to Mexico, Canada and Philippines than last year.

There will be no cattle inventory reports released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service this summer due to budget cuts.