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The 2014 beef market had one common theme: record prices. From those record prices there are some lessons to be learned.

The record high beef prices that were the norm for much of the year have continued to drop off.

Most of 2014 saw record high prices, but the downward trend in the beef and cattle markets looks like it could carry into the New Year.

As 2014 ends, cow calf producers are thinking about the approaching calving season.

Fed cattle prices rebounded to start 2015 out after several weeks of losses in December.

It is to be expected that a carnivore is going to hunt for food, but what happens when its prey become domesticated animals? For ranchers in northeast Oregon the answer is devastation.

Embedding the right EPD values for the chosen traits into the herd is critical for long-term genetic success.

One central Texas rancher is fulfilling a childhood dream.

Both cattle health and profits in the beef industry will be addressed at the Driftless Region Beef Conference in Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. 22-23.

The process begins again each year by evaluating the genetics of the “keeper bulls” prior to going out and bidding on similar or better bulls.