100-Dollar-Ideas
When plants freeze, changes occur in their metabolism and composition that can poison livestock.
Feedyard inventories, placements, and marketings continue to decline.
The new varieties should be available to producers for planting in fall 2013.
BPI says false and disparaging statements about lean finely textured beef caused job losses and more than $1 billion in claimed damages.
Nebraska confirms 10 cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in cattle. Learn the symptoms and impact on cattle.
Having adequate supplies of hay available is critical as producers make plans for winter management.
The goal is to keep your operation in the black while protecting your herd genetics.
Producers should look for opportunity ingredients such as buying failed corn for silage or hay.
Recent rains have given producers hope that they will be able to plant wheat this fall for cattle to graze..
Ranchers considering restocking options should think profitability first and foremost before writing a check.
The beef checkoff is launching its first full-scale “Back to School with Beef” promotion to regional retailers in the Northeast.
Many are asking that during this drought, but if farmers wait to apply fertilizer until it rains, a major part of the benefit will be lost.
Animal rights organization partners with fringe farm group.
Meanwhile, placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.92 million, 10 percent below 2011.
Drought conditions continue to overshadow cattle prices as producers struggle to maintain herds, with many forced to sell off cows and calves.
Cost-share program to help producers in drought stricken areas.
As the weeks continue to pass without any significant rain in the Midwest, it is getting increasingly difficult to find feed for livestock.
The latest checkoff-funded Consumer Beef Index survey shows increasingly positive perceptions about beef.
The assistance uses the Secretary of Agriculture’s existing authority to help create and encourage flexibility within four USDA programs.
Drought drives cattle Inventory down but consumer demand remains high.
Producers looking for a simpler route to heterosis often opt to use a composite bull, but composites may trade predictability for simplicity.
This is the lowest cattle inventory since the series began in 1973; meanwhile cattle inventory in feedyards is up 3%.
Drought always presents a major challenge, but there are ways to get through it and survive another year.
A Rabobank report examines potential for Lean Finely Textured Beef to recover its position in U.S. food supply.
Take advantage of strong cattle prices by implementing a market plan now to stay ahead of drought-forced sell-offs and the fall run.
Currently, cattle movement is limited to shuffling to new pastures, with no major herd sell-offs occurring yet.
Dry conditions continue to challenge farmers and their ability to keep forages growing and productive.
The association commended the passage of the legislation.
Officially it’s still spring, but the Western half of the U.S. continues to struggle with drier weather, which is spreading into the Plains.
Pork exports were up in volume and value, while beef export values for April were the strongest so far this year.