Cowmen
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Topics include genetic modifications in livestock, yield grades and a beef industry economic outlook.
In person and online educational events cover a variety of cow-calf and feedlot topics from University of Nebraska — Lincoln and Nebraska Extension.
The event will feature topics including “The Competitive Edge: Tech Innovations in Feedlot Management” and “Balance4ward’s Cattle Market Outlook.”
Rather than focusing breeding goals on being heavily terminal or primarily maternal, sexed semen allows commercial herds of all sizes to “take both roads.”
The project, developed by Cooperative Extension livestock specialists and veterinarians, aims to mitigate profit, production and financial risks to cattle producers.
The award was presented during the Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Symposium in Athens, Georgia, earlier this month.
CattleFax invites producers to participate in its annual Cow-Calf Survey, which provides participants and the rest of the industry with valuable data regarding industry benchmarks and trends.
When making business and life decisions, energy should be spent on something meaningful, useful and productive.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says male wolf suspected of livestock depredation died after capture while female and four pups remain for rehab and release.
No matter where we are or what we do asking ourselves this question forces us to confront our own internal reality—namely, our attitude.
Cattlemen and women across the country think outside the box to repurpose materials from other industries that would otherwise end up in landfills.
As a business owner, running a farm is nonstop and it is difficult to draw a dividing line that separates work life and personal life. Our lives are simply not an 8-5 job.
Five lessons learned every cattle rancher can relate to.
As the fires rage, the extent of cattle losses is unknown and the loss of valuable grazing ground, currently more than 1.1 million acres, is cause for concern.
From the sands of Iraq to the pastures of Michigan, a war veteran’s heart for service is now regenerating the soil.
Thanks to a reader’s observation, another county has been added to our list of those with more than 50,000 beef cows.
Cherry County Neb. remains the U.S. County with the most beef cows, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. South Dakota has seven counties ranked in the Top 33 while Texas has five.
Grounded by his family but propelled by vision, Trey Wasserburger is the energetic force behind creating more processing capacity for local cattle producers.
Winter is coming and with it, snow and wind. Cattle and farmsteads both can benefit from proper windbreaks. There are two main types of windbreak function on a farm: livestock wind chill protection and snow windbreaks.
Calf scours results in sickness, poor performance, medical expenses and death. Here’s a look at the complex disease and one management method found to decrease and even prevent transmission.
Winter is coming and with it, snow and wind. Cattle and farmsteads both can benefit from proper windbreaks. There are two main types of windbreak function on a farm: livestock wind chill protection and snow windbreaks.
For ranch chores many Drovers readers say they couldn’t live without one.
Hardware disease can be difficult to conclusively diagnose and clinical signs will vary based on where the hardware has penetrated. The best prevention of hardware disease is good management.
Reproductive efficiency is highly correlated to nutrition. The target Body Condition Score going into calving season is 5.5 for the mature cow and 6 for first calf heifers.
“I have a sense of certainty that she knew, as that day was the first cold morning of fall, that she had lived out the last of her summers. A chapter in our history closed on that hill on that perfect fall afternoon.”
Producers who have relocated their cattle out of state for winter feeding this year should consider having a weed management protocol in place when the cattle return.
Shipping can be one of the most stressful times in a calf’s life. Greater amounts of stress on cattle during shipping may increase the percentage of shrink loss of the animal.
The average culling rate the past two years, since the cyclical peak in 2019, has been 10.25%. Over the past 35 years, across cycles of expansion and liquidation, the average herd culling rate has been 9.65% annually.
Producers in certain counties can now request haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres while still receiving their full rental payment. FSA updates the list of eligible counties weekly.