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As cattle feeders hold on to fat cattle until the opportunity to be harvested arises, it is important to prepare for periods of extreme heat by developing a heat stress management plan.

The National Restaurant Association is asking for help from agriculture to lobby Congress for changes in coronavirus aid legislation.

Cash fed cattle sold steady to higher in all regions and feeder cattle sold higher. Slaughter numbers improved, but carcass weight data revealed an increase of 43 pounds over the 5-year average.

Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.43 million head, 22 percent below 2019. Placements were the second lowest for April since the series began in 1996.

Overall feed and forage will be favorable and provide more flexibility for feeder and feedlot cattle operations. Potentially emerging drought conditions are a threat and may reduce production and marketing flexibility.

Cash cattle prices traded higher last week, and for the first time in several weeks most of the major beef packing plants should be up and running this week, though not full-throttle.

Consumers are curious about their food. Wayne Morgan, of Golden State Foods, talks about sustainability initiatives and actions the supply chain can take moving forward.

Neogen Corporation announced it has launched an enhanced version of its Igenity® Beef profile, a genomic test for commercial cattle.

The feedlot industry will spend much of the summer working through the backlog of fed cattle but the hole from March and April feedlot placements should provide a marketing window to catch up by this fall if not before.

Weaning during very hot summer weather is stressful enough to the calves. Therefore, any management strategy that can reduce stress to the calves should be utilized.