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“Cattle production is an essential part of our daily lives,” writes TSCRA president Robert E. McKnight, Jr. “I am proud to be part of an industry that works to care for the people, livestock and land of this country.”

Boxed beef cutout values continue to perform like the early days of Bitcoin trading, with Choice advancing $84 per cwt. since last Friday.

COVID-19, freeze risks, USDA report and government influence on agriculture are all weighing on the markets this week.

A treatment for sick cattle that almost always works….suddenly almost never works? It happens when bacteria find ways to defeat the antimicrobial.

The cattle industry sees a glimmer of hope in last week’s harvest data, with estimated slaughter at 452,000 head, down 32.2 percent year-over-year, but up 6.4 percent from the prior week.

In a letter to NCBA officers, agricultural economist Stephen R. Koontz says his work is taken out of context when used as a support for mandating beef packers to purchase at least 30% of their cattle on a cash basis.

The closure of 90% of American meat plants over the last 50 years isn’t due to a lack of knowledge or a failure to reinvest in facilities – it’s due to decades of lax antitrust enforcement, says Joaquin Contente.

A webinar designed to help cattle producers as they navigate the impacts of COVID-19 is planned for May 14 at Noon Central Time by Kansas State University.

NEOGEN Genomics and Superior Livestock Auction (SLA) announce the launch of Igenity® Branded, a commercial beef certification program verified by a genomic test.

For technology to have value, it must be predictive in both the sick and healthy to minimize treating healthy calves and find those sick calves early.