Beef - General
Cover crops have gained a great deal of popularity, but many producers ask which cover crop they should grow. Before we can give a good answer, we must first ask and answer a multitude of other questions.
Mexico becomes the first country to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement.
Fed cattle trades were few and far between last week, with most bids lower and packers seemingly uninterested.
Most of cattle country has had abundant to excessive moisture this year—as evident from my travels from Oklahoma to Montana.
When the rinderpest virus broke out in Africa in the 1890s, death loss in cattle herds across eastern and southern Africa reached 80 to 90%, triggering a massive famine, with millions of people dying across the region.
Tyson Seeking to Boost Food Brands as It Hunts for Acquisitions
Incidences of both diseases can easily occur in periods of dry weather after floodwaters recede.
Divestment plan leads to ownership changes for 11 feedlots
Early one morning, you find your phone and e-mail swamped with messages about an undercover video supposedly documenting animal abuse on the farm.
Japan’s imports of U.S. beef jump on strong demand and higher yen.
Ranchers in western Texas want local culinary students to know more than how to cook a good steak.
Livestock producers struggle to rebuild their operations with few resources to date
Wild fires burned in Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas earlier this year, destroying thousands of acres in its path.
The cattle herd in the U.S. is growing, and cash prices for fed and feeder cattle have exceeded expectations this fall as live and feeder cattle futures reached a new contract high to start November.
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March 6, 2017 is a day Beaver County, Okla., rancher and volunteer fire chief Bernie Smith will always remember. That day wildfires tore through the central and southern Plains. Nearly 2 million acres across four states were scorched by fast moving fires that month. AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben and national videographer Russ Hnatusko report over Smith’s recollection of the fire, his future and why he’s thankful this Thanksgiving.
China’s largest online retailer to buy Montana beef
U.S. Is Said to Propose Freezing Mexican Trucks Out of New Nafta
JBS Says It’s Done With Asset Sales as Earnings Boost Outlook
Bluefield Technologies plans to use methane-sensing satellites.
Workable free trade relationships are critical to U.S. cattle producers.
Prices were higher for all classes of cattle for the week ended Oct. 13, with cash fed cattle trading at $111 per cwt., $2 higher. Cattle sold on a dressed basis at $175 per cwt., $2 to $3 higher.
The rancher from western Wyoming wears tan overalls pulled over a U.S. ski team jacket, and is every bit as versed in the nuances of hay farming as the subtleties of snow grooming.
Several cow shootings are being investigated in South Dakota.
Flooding from Hurricane Harvey is slow to drain in some areas of southwest Louisiana one week after the storm made landfall. Agricultural fields consisting primarily of rice and soybeans are suffering from the most damage.
Snow is falling across a large portion of Montana today, bringing relief to areas struggling to control multiple wildfires. Some mountain passes could see up to 8” of snow by Saturday.
Study: Montana’s average temperature continues to increase