BEEF
Finding genetics information on current and previously purchased bulls is easy.
The annual Cattle report estimated that total cattle inventories in the U.S. were up 3.2 percent year over year at 92.0 million head.
There is a close connection between nutrition and reproductive efficiency in beef cows.
Three key management concepts can help commercial cow calf operations improve the productivity of their cow herds. However, planning and preparation must take place well in advance of the spring breeding season.
With cow herd rebuilding still in progress in the United States, K-State Research and Extension cow-calf specialist Bob Weaber offers advice on selecting herd sires to make the most valuable replacement daughters.
Saying you are happy, satisfied and content with what you’re doing is OK.
Feedyards found plenty of economic incentive to feed cattle to heavier weights last year, the results displayed in record carcass weights and dismal profits
For commercial beef producers it is not too soon to start the process of accessing your herd bull situation for the upcoming breeding season.
Northeastern Iowa cattle producers can learn more about an upcoming revision of a feedlot monitor software program at three meetings offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association each earned use of a piece of equipment from New Holland for their efforts to recruit new members to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum announces a symposium focusing on rural issues to be held in March.
Cover crops don’t just improve the performance of crop fields; they also make excellent forage for cattle.
Chris and Claire Johnson are raising a herd of uniquely colored and textured cattle at their Buffalo Dream Ranch in far northwestern Comanche County near the western boundary of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.
Kansas Gov. Brownback performs ceremonial ribbon cutting for the nearly $50 million investment.
With the spring breeding season closing in, it is a good time to review bull breeding evaluation.
Selection indexes are valuable resources for cattle producers.
Cattle futures have taken another turn over the past two weeks as prices have drifted lower, correcting the big December 17-24 advance.
As you make plans for this year, decide now to schedule time that will be spent working on the business in the year ahead.
The Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University and the Kansas Beef Council are partnering to host three additional advanced beef cattle care and health training sessions throughout Kansas during February.
The first few days an animal spends in a feedlot are critical to their health and overall performance through the feeding period.
Given developments in multiple financial markets it is useful to pause and appreciate the broader situation underpinning the start of 2016 “outside” of the cattle markets to further assess possible upcoming changes within the cattle complex.
What goes up must come down! That is exactly what has happened to cattle prices, but the task now is determining where the market is headed in 2016 and beyond.
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.
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.
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.
Supplementation may be necessary to achieve desired calf development and subsequent lactation.
An Iowa farmer has found a niche market for his beef.
Cattle will select the grain and best quality forage first when initially turned into a field.