Beef Cattle
In troubled times, the comfort of food and good beef in the freezer keeps many Americans content and healthy at home. Hopefully, we will all soon be back in our favorite steakhouse.
The unprecedented events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a severe economic downturn and will impact livestock markets going forward.
As many operations look to navigate the challenges imposed by Covid-19, it seems timely to consider the value of a system built around optionality.
Can prices gained in last week’s fed cattle rally be maintained? There is some concern that the lack of cattle moving in the cash trade is starting to back cattle up and hurt hard-earned gains.
Luke Vollborn, Gallia County, Ohio, recently started Next Generation Livestock Marketing (NGLM), LLC to provide farms with another option to enhance cattle profitability through the art of the load.
The Santa Gertrudis Breeders International says demand for Data Driven – Profit Proven Santa Gertrudis bulls and females is gaining traction among American cattlemen.
Before the breeding season begins a few simple management procedures involving your bulls can increase the likelihood of a high pregnancy percentage among your cows.
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed consumer behavior and the U.S. economy. The effects are unprecedented and it is difficult to determine how long the impact will last.
It is critical for consumers to know that there is no shortage of meat in the U.S. In fact, production of beef, pork and poultry are projected at record levels in 2020.
Audie Neal Rackley, 85, former Executive Editor of the Quarter Horse Journal and Quarter Racing Journal, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2020 in Amarillo, Texas.
The ongoing COVID-19 serves as a reminder to cattle ranchers about the importance of sound, common sense biosecurity measures that can aid in reducing the risk of a disease outbreak in the new 2020 calf crop.
Many areas of North Dakota are projected to experience moderate to major flooding this spring. The greatest flood impacts are expected to be on farms and ranches because of overland flooding.
We need to watch, to make sure the data is correct, to make sure the technology is working and to employ intuition and empathy that Siri-like artificial intelligence doesn’t feel.
After several days of up and downs in CME futures prices, cattle feeders saw their chances of getting back to steady slip away on Thursday as the board sold off.
Does the beef industry need additional packer slaughter capacity? Recent history suggests cattle prices were highest when packing capacity utilization was lowest, but the answer is complex.
Farmers and ranchers may apply to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands signup beginning March 16.
Cash fed cattle traded at $113 per cwt. for the week, $2 lower. Cattle sold on a dressed basis at firm prices of $182 per cwt.
Wildfires burned more than 30,000 acres in western Oklahoma over the weekend, with the Beaver and Forgan communities in the Panhandle evacuated.
Current wholesale beef values are lower year-over-year, but it’s too early to gauge what impact the COVID-19 virus has had on both export and domestic beef demand.
Three Tyson Foods, Inc. sustainability programs achieved recognition for alignment to the U.S. Beef Industry Sustainability Framework.
If there was ever a question of how much outside influence there is on the cattle market it was completely exposed this past week with fears over the coronavirus growing.
We often consider the saving or revenue opportunity from technology, but this data reveal where the unexpected opportunity lies in the middle, preventing unnecessary treatment or finding calves we didn’t know were ill.
Time is of the essence when a calving cow or heifer has a situation where the calf is coming backwards. If the umbilical cord is totally pinched by the pelvic rim, the calf can only survive about four minutes.
The coronavirus is another “black swan” that is different in some fundamental ways from other such events in cattle markets, such as the packing plant fire last year or even the first BSE case in late 2003.
Cattle on feed data shows the largest number of cattle in feedlots during February since 2008, while placements were 99.4% of year ago, a little smaller than expected.
NCBA’s CEO says the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has become a costly and time-consuming burden for America’s ranchers, and cattlemen support modernization of the law.
Neogen Corporation announced that it and Angus Genetics, Inc. (AGI) have launched updated content to Angus GSSM — the first genomic profiler designed specifically for Angus cattle.
The American Hereford Association provides an update on programs designed to assist commercial cattlemen with management and marketing opportunities that capitalize on the strengths of Hereford genetics.
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.9 million head on February 1, 2020.
Over the past five years carcasses grading Choice represent 82% of slaughter, and carcass weights are also on a steady trend higher which is a cautionary sign for cattle feeders.