BEEF
Life is good again — or at least far better — for those cattle producers who survived the long, devastating drought that decimated the nation’s beef cow herd and shriveled pastures across a wide swath of the country.
Genetic uniformity starts at home by selecting good bulls through knowledgeable and informed selection and implementing focused production goals for clear outcomes relevant to beef cattle production.
University of Illinois Extension is offering Beef Quality Assurance training in December.
With cattle prices at record highs, ranchers looking to build back beef cattle herds need to take careful consideration of the composition of replacement heifers to yield top-quality calves, according to experts.
There is still a need, and tremendous benefit from, the continued collection of phenotypes in the context of genomic selection.
Program helps reduce stress and improve health in herds.
A cow is more likely to sustain a healthy state of living when the feed she consumes is a mixture of green and yellow feeds.
Beef exports surge despite lower slaughter numbers.
Here are some selection tools to help you make decisions on the next generation of cattle you raise.
Just about every full-time cattle operation needs hired labor once in a while, but feedlots especially rely on their employees.
Beef Today’s Cowboy College offered feedlot crews an opportunity to learn more about dealing with high-risk cattle.
Now is a good time to learn about resources to help land owners manage their lands, for commercial production or agricultural exemption.
The 10 producers who registered the most Angus beef cattle in the state of Kansas recorded a total of 4318 Angus with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2014.
Post weaning calf performance is important to maximize cattle profitability.
Applied nutrition modeling producing beef more profitably and helping reduce methane emissions in feedlots.
A two-day bus trip to various locations in Nebraska in early September will offer beginning and young Iowa beef producers unique networking and educational opportunities.
Preliminary results from a study led by Kansas State University researchers show how U.S. cow-calf producers and the public view animal welfare in the beef sector.
The fall is great time implement a three step program (evaluation, planning, and action) that will benefit your grazing program.
Review the numerous vaccination programs available and then, in consultation with a veterinarian, design and match operational needs with marketing protocols.
Online training in animal care just got a new look at the Beef Cattle Institute.
Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course attendees hear optimistic views on industry future.
What may seem a relatively small clause at the time of signing could mushroom into a major, if not unmanageable, fiscal request at some unknown future date for some future owner of the property.
As of July 1, there were 95.0 million head of cattle on U.S. farms.
Decades of data kept by USDA scientists are providing valuable information about how seasonal weather patterns affect cattle production.
If you don’t think they’re serious about sustainability out at the University of Georgia then you haven’t seen the way they’re tending to their cattle herd.
Like it or not, for beef production to expand, the economics of the beef cow needs to have a threefold increase in net returns to compete with crop production.
Genomics have the potential to push the beef industry into a new frontier.
The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University is helping sponsor a Cattle Feeders Summer Seminar next month.