Beef Cattle
The food supply chain is still working to improve from the upheaval caused by COVID-19, but recovery and a new normal are getting closer and closer.
Virginia Tech researchers use artificial intelligence algorithms to understand and estimate the likelihood of pregnancy in heifers.
R-CALF USA has filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Beef Checkoff over amendments made to the program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
NCBA released a statement highlighting federal programs that are available for cattle producers across the country who are being impacted by wildfires, hurricanes, drought, and other natural disasters.
A moderate to high lice population in feeder calves significantly decreases average daily gains, and one study suggests losses from lice are more than $126 million annually. Here’s a guide to proper lice treatment.
The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association announced Treadwell Cattle. Co, Christoval, Texas, as the winner of the Outstanding Rangeland Stewardship Award.
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Fall is the ideal time to treat many weeds on the noxious thistle list, including musk thistle.
Wisconsin beef processor Strauss Brands is seeking approval to build a new 152,000 square-foot packing facility that will process between 250 and 500 head per day.
“For too long, cow-calf producers across the nation have marketed our cattle with one hand tied behind our back. The culprit has been an ever-growing lack of price discovery.”
Continuing COVID-19 impacts, global recession, political tensions and exchange rates will all be important in determining global beef trade in the coming weeks and months.
The Purebred Beef Unit at Kansas State University offers undergraduate students an opportunity to gain hands-on experience that is directly applicable when they go out into the industry.
Calves are most successful in transitioning off the farm when they’ve had good care, are current on their vaccinations, and have been exposed to the challenges of a changing diet.
Links of the food supply chain, especially the meat supply, are regaining strength after periods of uncertainty during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, once again instilling consumer confidence.
Another incidence of senseless killing of cattle has occurred, this time in Arkansas.
Windrow grazing annual forages allows producers to cut the crop at an optimum time for quality and increase harvest efficiency through strip grazing the windrows.
Top Dollar Angus seeks a knowledgeable, passionate and hardworking leader to assist in further expanding its seedstock partnership and feeder cattle programs.
Stepping into a cattle pen, we naturally act the predator, manipulating where animals go. But good handling practices should turn us into leaders, says Kip Lukasiewicz.
Productive land, green grass, clear water and clean air are essential to raising cattle. Our long-term survival and profitability are directly tied to how well we care for our land and resources, says TSCRA president.
Markets will no doubt evolve this fall and producers must continue to evaluate winter grazing potential under dynamic market conditions and profit potential may vary widely.
Cash cattle trading started early last week as cattle feeders in Texas began on Monday by accepting cash bids a dollar lower.
Officials have reported an increase in criminal livestock shootings across the nation this year which often results in a felony charge when suspects are arrested.
The remote Blacktail Mountain Ranch in southwest Montana has been listed by Hall & Hall, which describes the property as exceptionally intact and devoid of human influences.
The 23 Iowa Governor’s Charity Steer Show exhibitors all received $500 scholarships from Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Making alternative ration ingredient changes work, beef cattle market outlook and nutrition and management are among topics planned for the 2020 Kansas State University Beef Stocker Virtual Field Day on Thur., Oct. 1.
Cattle feeders are anticipating that the current run up in the cash market may have hit the peak and could plateau before long.
The American Angus Association announces its annual National Angus Tour has been cancelled and made changes to its 137th annual Convention of Delegates.
Resero DNA Reserve, a DNA-banking service that enables livestock producers to store DNA information securely and maintain control of genetic material in their own, proprietary DNA bank was announced by Resero Genomics.
Price discovery - or lack thereof - has been a topic of discussion in the cattle industry for decades.
Cattle prices rallied for the seventh consecutive week, adding $12 per cwt. over that span. Cattle on feed numbers were up 2% Aug. 1, with July placements up 11%.