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K-State beef cattle experts suggest several ways producers might want to consider housing bulls for minimal fighting.
To help cattle reach optimum performance, don’t forget to monitor vitamin A intake.
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson explains hybrid vigor is the result of GCV.
Brett Spader shares how data, technology and transparency are reshaping breed organizations and delivering real value to members.
Providing proper winter shelter and quality nutrition ensures cattle health, safety and productivity during cold months.
Peel says the best thing politicians can do to help cattle and beef markets is to shut up and let the markets work.
UNL Extension specialists explain four reasons for reproductive failure.
K-State’s Warner says cold stress increases cow’s energy needs.
Founder of Pioneer Accounting shares strategies to help ranchers simplify tax season.
Experts say, when making culling decisions, remember to look at calf weaning weight in comparison to cow size.
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson explains replacement heifer selection strategies based on genetic potential.
Oklahoma State’s Peel reports data indicates little heifer retention while a slow herd rebuilding may be beginning.
While producers and consumers define sustainability differently, it is important for beef producers to become part of the story, not ignore it.
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson shares four tips for building better genotypes when selecting replacement heifers.
NDSU’s livestock economist encourages producers to concentrate on the cash market and the fundamentals.
While the reintroduction of wolves has led to significant challenges for local ranchers, some say they are willing to deal with the animals if they will return to their natural habitat.
APHIS confirms a New World screwworm case in a 22-month-old bovine transported from Veracruz to a feedlot in Nuevo León.
In addition to increasing carcass counts, wolves decrease reproduction rates, weaning weights, calf health and human well-being — costs often uncompensated or uncounted.
Logan Pribbeno manages his operations with a CFO mindset.
The Wine Glass Ranch is more than a family operation. It’s a blueprint for the future of sustainable beef production.
From forage testing to heifer development, K-State’s Jason Warner shares the top 10 management practices producers should be mindful of in December.
Jon and Jackie Means were presented the 2025 Certified Angus Beef (CAB) Sustainability Award. To them sustainability is family, legacy, caring for what you have and managing for profitability.
UNL’s Wilke shares tips for managing cattle during the cold, snow, ice and wind.
Oklahoma State’s Mark Johnson explains the importance of understanding your production system when making breeding and selection decisions.
The announcement to close the Lexington, Neb., plant and transition to one shift in Amarillo shocked the beef industry. While local impacts will be significant, analysts urge producers to remain calm as the market fundamentals steady following the reaction.
Manage bovine respiratory disease with cold stress management and animal husbandry.
Tight supplies and strong demand have pushed beef prices and producer profitability to historic highs. After peaking in 2025, CattleFax analyst Kevin Good forecasts prices will see a modest correction while fundamentals remain strong.
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.
Producers share practical tools and insights for resilient cold-season management.