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A beef reproduction specialist and rancher talk about how important reproduction is to selection and herd improvement.
The World Organization for Animal Health is recommending that the U.S. risk classification for BSE be upgraded to negligible risk.
The question often posed is “will beef be priced so high that consumers will quit buying beef?”
The U.S. agriculture secretary delivered that message Thursday at his department’s Agricultural Outlook Forum 2013.
CattleFax see long-term growth in exports, but record prices could slow some trading partners beef purchases.
The drought has had lasting effects on farmers across the country. Here’s how three cattle producers have changed management practices to survive.
Higher grain costs are creating opportunities for beef producers to explore other feed options, says Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University.
Japan will ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports next month, boosting supplies to restaurants.
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.
U.S. feedlots bought 0.5 percent fewer cattle in December compared with a year earlier, the government said.
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.
This year, one nitrate test on cornstalks isn’t enough for cattle producers. Know the nutrients and dangers that they contain.