Calves
Marketing professionals encourage ranchers to have conversations with calf sales reps to help find the program that is most relevant for your management and genetics.
Our view or definition of traceability and the process involved shapes our perspective of the premium and implementation cost.
Researchers at Texas A&M University say cattle docility will bring benefits at every level, from the cattle to their managers and ultimately beef consumers.
Preconditioning programs for calves can help increase returns on sale day, and this year may provide opportunities to adjust nutritional management and capture more value from your forages.
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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.
Several cow shootings are being investigated in South Dakota.
Cattle markets moved lower this week, spurred by futures markets that nosedived on Wednesday.
Japanese officials confirm rising imports of frozen beef in the first quarter of the Japanese fiscal year (April-June) have triggered a safeguard, resulting in an automatic increase to Japan’s tariff rate under the WTO on imports of frozen beef from the U.S.
Friday’s release of Japanese import data could pull the trigger on major disruptions in the U.S.-Japan beef trade.
Weaning during very hot summer weather is stressful enough to the calves. Therefore any management strategy that can reduce stress to the calves should be utilized.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture also reported a record amount of beef in freezers or cold storage last week.
Can changes to a cow’s energy intake during the second trimester enhance the quality of beef her offspring will produce? What effect might it have on the reproductive ability of the cow’s offspring?
The USDA feeder cattle report for the week ending January 31 confirmed the inventory drop showing cattle and calves nearly 2% lower than last year’s numbers.
A California man who tried to steal a truckload of beef from a southwest Kansas slaughterhouse was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in federal prison.
Cow-calf production occurs across most of the U.S. in a wide variety of production environments.
Feeding calves and the 100-yard dash share one thing in common; in both instances it is nearly impossible to start poorly and expect to win.
Cost control is the key to long-term success in the cow-calf business.
Cattle prices are very good, but for how long? The more people jump into production, the greater the likelihood of prices falling.
Prices are expected to moderate on calves this fall which means a lower upfront investment when purchasing calves this year relative to one year ago.
As rebuilding picks up momentum, so does diversification.
Pounds, efficiency and quality are important components of the beef business.
Cattle producers have a steak in the business, but what about a stake?
Cattle markets held steady to stronger as the seasonal bump in demand from Memorial Day, Father’s Day and 4th of July lies ahead.
Cattle market fundamentals may remain favorable, but April’s expected rally has fizzled. Both feeder and fed cattle traded significantly lower this week, with cash fed cattle prices now $9 lower than just three weeks ago.
The spring cattle rally stalled this week as cowboys and packers search for signs supporting ideas the market will conform to seasonal trends.
The spring cattle market rally was beginning to bloom this week, with yearling feeder cattle trading firm to $5 higher and instances of $6 to $8 higher.
Beef producers are meeting the demands of modern beef production and can look forward to future decades with optimism.
The expansion of the nation’s cattle herds for the first time since 2007 is largely the result of record-high cattle prices and the availability of more abundant feed.