Calves
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson explains the importance of understanding your production system when making breeding and selection decisions.
Manage bovine respiratory disease with cold stress management and animal husbandry.
Here’s how beef producers Jon and Patty Tebelius have built a herd that works for their customers.
Strong demand supports beef prices amid economic volatility, but herd investment and growth slows as producers grapple with increasing uncertainty due to political noise.
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson shares how selection decisions impact cow herd productivity and profit.
Texas A&M’s Johnson shares tips on how to prevent and prepare for barn fires.
What beef producers need to know about fetal programming.
Oklahoma State’s Derrell Peel says the beef industry needs time — not politics or policy — to solve beef supply and demand realities.
Analysis of your production system, breeding objectives, mating decisions and development ensures the your heifers are the right fit for your environment and set your operation up for success.
K-State’s Emma Briggs shares tips for forage and feed sampling and testing.
Veternarian Kirk Ramsey says to reduce lice risk and create control measures, understanding the life cycle of lice and targeting application times are paramount.
Beef Extension Veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff recounts some skin-crawling stories fit for Halloween.
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson explains when creep feeding is a good option for fall calves and what makes the ideal feed for nursing calves.
Although warning signs are emerging, economists say record-high beef prices could hold for up to two more years. Tight supplies and strong demand continue to drive the market, but economists and producers are apprehensive with talks of reopening the border.
New data from four calf ranches highlight the dominance of respiratory disease and the year-round consistency of health challenges in beef-dairy cross calves.
SDSU Extension feedlot management specialist shares when and why producers should consider replacing corn with milo when feeding cattle.
Easy access and flexibility are benefits to livestock auction markets. State of the Beef Industry survey respondents share how they are marketing cattle today.
Strategic management, disease prevention and parasite control set replacement heifers up for lifelong productivity.
A clean start begins at the navel. Good calving hygiene and early care are the simplest ways to prevent costly infections and improve calf health outcomes.
Beef producers can now order Redbooks for 2026. Internship deadlines are approaching for the next generation.
Terminal crossbreeding is a solution to economic antagonisms in the beef industry.
Nebraska’s Rick Rasby and Brent Plugge share strategies for fall calving.
From body condition scores to mineral needs, K-State’s Jason Warner shares the top 10 management practices producers should be mindful of in October.
Iowa Beef Center’s Garland Dahlke shares what is key to a newly weaned calf’s diet.
Industry leaders discuss how supply and demand trends are impacting stocker operations during the 2025 K-State Stocker Field Day.
A trusted adjuvant can make all the difference in capturing a strong immune response in young calves.
The decision to retain heifers goes far beyond current cattle prices; it is increasingly about creating and capturing greater value with every calf loaded on that truck in the future.
Texas veterinarian, backgrounder and cow-calf producer Jared Ranly discusses strategies for weaning time that benefits both the cow-calf producer and stocker.
OSU’s Mark Johnson shares strategies to follow when estimating winter hay needs for your cow herd.
Setting cattle up for success starts with building a robust immune system that can respond to disease challenges. Building immunity starts the day a calf is born.