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Last week, legislation was introduced to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from disclosing the private and confidential information of livestock and poultry producers to the public.
A new date, March 13, has been set for the 2014 River Valley Beef Cattle Conference that was postponed due to threatening winter weather.
AI and estrus synchronization programs can prove helpful during breeding season.
Winter and spring is the time of year when cattle producers begin making their breeding decisions, with that comes many bull sale catalogs and EPDs that need to be reviewed and analyzed.
A major cost for cow-calf producers is obtaining an adequate supply of acceptable heifers, but purchasing replacements can sometimes an attractive alternative.
Data is essential for finding the desired genetics when selecting bulls.
This article picks up the resource use discussion with a focus on the physical and financial resources of cattle operations.
Discussions of genetics typically focus on the cow calf producer, however genetics play just as much of a role in the stocker industry as they do cow/calf.
Beef producers have many options available to include in beef cattle diets that can offer many benefits in a small package.
Double Dye Farms has raised Angus cattle for more than 50 years.
New venture will create unified platform for expanded breed communications and marketing.
Despite a cow-calf producer’s best efforts relative to providing desired herd genetics and ease of birthing through bull selection and heifer development, some cows or heifers still need assistance at calving time.
Although data indicate the rebuilding of Oklahoma’s beef cow herd is happening, herd numbers are still down 10.5 percent from Jan. 1, 2011, meaning the process is only in the beginning stages.
Pro Farmer’s Julianne Johnston digests an active week of trade in the cattle market.
Now that we have left behind a few years of severe droughts and hay shortages, there has been renewed talk about beef herd reconstruction in the U.S. fueled by a couple years of encouraging calf prices.
New genetic tools, similar to those being used to aid selection in the whole animal, are being used to improve our understanding of the relationships among the rumen micro-organisms along with how they interact with their hosts.
The proceedings papers from the 2013 XXIII Range Beef Cow Symposium held in Rapid City, SD are now available.
Colder weather may cause larger calf birth weights. Producers are encouraged to think about the impact it may have on this year’s calving season.
As beef herds become involved in making decisions about bulls for next breeding season, herd health and reproductive disease should be considered in the context of what age and type of bulls are being purchased.
As spring calving season approaches, it is vital that your calves receive adequate immunity at birth.
COF Report showed On Feed and Placements above expectations.
South Dakota feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more animals had 240,000 cattle on feed on Feb. 1, up 7 percent from last year.
The Sand Hills Calving System has demonstrated an effective way to reduce calf diarrhea by decreasing the buildup of pathogens in the environment and breaking the transfer of pathogens from older calves to young susceptible calves.
Congressional delegation members from the Dakotas say the U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to expedite implementation of a farm bill provision that will help ranchers in the Dakotas hurt by an early October blizzard.
Cow-calf producers and others who use the Bovine Estrus Synchronization Planner software are encouraged to download the newest version for their operations from the Iowa Beef Center (IBC) website.
Participants at the 2014 Beef Production Field Day will get hands-on training for artificial insemination, and help with calving and pre-breeding exams.
Probably the most pivotal time for a beef cow to maintain a position in the beef herd is the first three months after her first calf is born.
Recent record-high cattle prices and lower feed costs could offer producers the profit incentives they need to start expanding their herds after U.S. beef cattle numbers at the start of this year reached their lowest point since 1951.