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Cattle markets in 2015 transitioned from what 2014 was to more like what 2016 will be.
The last two years have been a whirlwind of dramatic extremes for the cattle industry.
One of the downfall’s to mud is the increase in energy requirement for cattle to navigate the terrain.
As calving season looms in the not so distant future, the first things that come to my mind is considering plans for pre-calving vaccination of pregnant cows, and thinking about controlling calf scours.
Fed cattle prices are higher for the second week in a row.
The American Gelbvieh Association elected directors and officers for 2016 during its national convention in Kansas City, Missouri.
Cattle and lesser prairie-chickens both need healthy rangeland to thrive. Through voluntary conservation efforts, farmers and ranchers in the southern Great Plains can restore habitat for this iconic bird while strengthening working lands.
If our nation’s consumers can limp along and hold this bedraggled economy to its walker, beef should have a chance to make that decent recovery.
Cattle health following Winter Storm Goliath will continue to be a concern for producers.
Supplementation may be necessary to achieve desired calf development and subsequent lactation.
“The bottom line is that we ended an era and started a new one,” said Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group in Chicago, speaking on Farm Journal Radio with Pam Fretwell. “We’ve ended 10 years of zero interest rates. ... That rodeo is over.”
Average per head price of $2,889 at the Joplin Show-Me-Select Sale.
An Iowa farmer has found a niche market for his beef.
South Dakota feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more animals reported 245,000 cattle on feed on December 1, up 4 percent from last year.
Cattle will select the grain and best quality forage first when initially turned into a field.
Fall and winter grazing on warm-season grasses is the least detrimental time to graze these species.
There is never a bad time to update your marketing plan.
Ten registered American Red Brahman bulls found their new home at the Vietnamese National Breeding Center near Hanoi on Saturday, November 28.
Growing piles of evidence show we’ve created an unsustainable and less-profitable or unprofitable cow herd in this nation.
A friend called the other day and asked suspiciously what I thought about the confined-cow idea. He feared it could set up a pathway for true vertical integration in the beef industry.
Education, fun and fellowship were on the agenda at the American Brahman Breeders Association (ABBA) fifth annual convention November 20-21 in Ft. Worth, Texas.
The Iowa Beef Breeds Council named Douglas and Glenda Schroeder of Clarence the 2016 Iowa Outstanding Seedstock Producer of the Year at the Iowa Cattle Industry Convention in December.
A K-State livestock economist speaks on the immediate future of cattle feeding returns.
Tools such as expected progeny differences help producers buy the right bulls.
The futures market is showing signs of finding a bottom but nothing is guaranteed.
As producers with spring calving herds are completing weaning and moving cows to winter range, fall calving herds are gearing up for the next breeding season.
Beef cow-calf producers can balance rations to precisely meet the nutrient requirements of cows. However, they need to the nutritive value of rations feedstuffs first.
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