Beef - General
Genetic progress has led to a significant increase in the number of carcasses grading high Choice and Prime over the past decade. It is not a matter of luck, but the result of hard work and dedication.
Little change was found for livestock feeders last week as near identical week-to-week market prices held margins solidly in the black. Beef packers saw modest improvement with higher wholesale beef prices.
The outside trades of $186 in the South and $193 in the North are a telling sign that leverage is there for the cattle feeder. Given the chance to capitalize with multiple bidders the market should respond favorably.
Aside from the added carcass tonnage, the leap in carcass weights - driven by extra days on feed - has generated a noted shift in carcass marbling and quality grade achievement.
“If handled improperly, transition events can be the death of your business. Or it can strengthen your business and clearly outline who you are and where you want to go,” says Dick Wittman.
Formulating your farm’s succession plan is likely not a straight line. Polly Dobbs, an Indiana attorney who is part of a seven-generation farm family, says it’s important to stay focused on your end goals.
Rancher and four others consumed meat from a butchered lamb but only the rancher became ill, CDC says.
USDA offers educational events for cattle producers and feeders who want a better understanding of factors contributing to the market value of cattle, and how these factors can inform marketing and production decisions.
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Increased steer and heifer carcass weights are offsetting decreased slaughter to result in a fractional increase in fed beef production for the year to date with significant increases in recent weeks.
We asked previous awardees of the Top Producer Next Gen Award to reflect on lessons they’ve experienced in business and management.
AngusLink’s Genetic Merit Scorecard adds a fourth score option to demonstrate the maternal weaned calf value to aid in the selection of replacement females.
When moisture and soil nutrients are readily available, sorghum-sudangrass and pearl millet can produce up to 6 tons of forage per acre during the growing season.
Heat stress becomes a problem for cattle encountering hot temperatures, low wind speeds and other summer weather conditions. K-State beef extension Veterinarian AJ Tarpoff explains the remedies available to producers.
April pork exports reached the highest volume and value since May 2021, while beef exports were the largest in 10 months and valued at just under $900 million.
Packers reluctant bidders as futures remain significantly discounted to cash. Feedyards content with standoff late in the week.
Beef is winning, and camera grading in packing plants is helping ensure the quality and consistency specific brands require is being met. That, in turn, is helping beef gain market share.
After briefly exceeding $400 per head, cattle feeding margins tumbled $75 last week, but the balance didn’t go to the packer as their losses increased. Pork margins held firm.
Consider who your ideal buyer is, what type of cattle they need and why your cattle are valuable to them.
An incessant focus on imports and haste to declare the beef industry’s demise has protectionists leaning on the sheep industry as a business case study. With all due respect to sheep producers, the analogy isn’t close.
CRISPR technology has many potential applications that facilitate sustainability, animal welfare and efficiency for the beef industry.
New polling shows majority of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents support legislation mandating “lab-grown meat” labeling and other restrictions.
Paul Neiffer reviews the important updates to the new Farm Bill proposals from the House Ag Committee.
Research finds link between gestational nutrition from minerals and higher weaning weights.
The new Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein will be located in Raleigh, NC, on the campus of North Carolina State University.
The agency is introducing a new Voluntary H5N1 Dairy Herd Status Pilot Program to give dairy producers more options to monitor the health of their herds and move cows more quickly, while providing on-going testing.
Most international trade is imperfect, Bill Bullard says, and can be both beneficial and detrimental to the wellbeing of our U.S. cattle and sheep industries.
Wildlife officials depopulated the entire herd on a breeder ranch east of Dallas following a legal battle that ended at the state’s Supreme Court.
Theileria orientalis Ikeda is a tickborne infection, and when identified in United States herds has been associated with the Asian longhorned tick, a relatively new tick species in the United States.
With less drought in the U.S. than at any time since April 2020, pasture and range conditions are generally good. What might that mean for heifer retention?