100-Dollar-Ideas
The 2012 calf crop was estimated at 34.3 million head, down 3%from 2011,which is the smallest calf crop since the 33.7 million born during 1949.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.2 million head on Jan. 1, 2013.
Dwindling cattle supplies cited as cause for halting production at the Plainview, Texas, facility.
There’s interesting speculation about when and how the nation’s cowherd will start rebuilding.
It is easy to take the data for granted, but the U.S. agricultural data system is under threat of budget cuts.
It will be more important than ever this year to have a solid prebreeding vaccination program with safe, efficacious products in place
With rising feed costs, the cattle industry looks at shifting to a forage-based production system.
Tips to help ensure the efficacy of injectable cattle products by implementing and adhering to sound management.
Cattle producers might need to test, supplement poor-quality forages
A university animal scientist talks about the advantages of planning early weaning for your cattle.
For the rest of the 2012-13 school year, schools will not have to limit the meat, meat alternatives or grains that they serve students.
Along with feedlot inventory, placement into feedlots during November were 6 percent below 2011.
Each year Pro Farmer usually picks an individual for their Ag Person of the Year, but this year they selected a group-- cattle producers.
The 23rd annual Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) has officially opened its nomination season for 2013
Steve Cornett says there are two lessons that the cattle industry should have learned during the last couple of years and apparently didn’t.
Even with the farm bill in limbo, EQIP funds are available to producers to make improvements on their land.
Coming off the holiday, retail beef demand drops and futures were lower, but fed cattle prices were higher last week.
Among the most important cattle exporting countries, prices in local currencies have risen only in the US and New Zealand.
This synchronization of ovulation technique developed for Bos indicus-influenced cows improves AI pregnancy rates.
Feedlots are paying record prices and having trouble maintaining inventory.
Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.18 million, 13 percent below 2011.
Calculated losses from open cows in today’s market tally higher than you might think.
Unless the production system is irrigated, drought will always be part of the risk associated with forage and livestock production.
While more optimistic, Texas ranchers remain extremely cautious when it comes to rebuilding herds and holding onto forage stocks.
Placements in feedlots during September totaled 2.00 million, 19 percent below 2011.
Cooler temperatures and the return of rain have caused a springlike regrowth in pastures that can present some health risks for cattle.
Fall frost increases potential for prussic acid toxicity in livestock.
A large Canadian beef recall has spread to several hundred U.S. supermarkets.
Drought conditions have had a significant effect on feeder cattle supplies.
While it’s tempting to turn cows onto new fall growth when rains return after a drought, holding off can help pastures and cows.