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Western video sale in Nevada sold cattle from 33 states and showed strong buyer participation. Benefit auction helps ranchers affected by western wildfires.
Through this project the researchers were able to quantify the degree to which breeds and sires differed across geographical locations and management practices.
“Reputation cattle” is a term you’ll hear often when cattle prices are discussed. What is “reputation” in the cattle market? How do you build it? And what is it worth?
When any government agency starts the rule-making process, particularly when it concerns markets, it is time to pay attention.
USDA offers educational events for cattle producers and feeders who want a better understanding of factors contributing to the market value of cattle, and how these factors can inform marketing and production decisions.
When considering which practices to implement to mitigate disease, risk assessments in coordination with a veterinarian should take place, and recognition of the need for biodiversity on the operation must be considered.
More than 1.2 million acres burned beginning Feb. 26, making it the largest wildfire in Texas history. The losses include more than 12,000 cattle deaths, lost grazing values and fence repair costs.
Protectionist measures often set into motion retaliatory measures that can be unpredictable. When that happens the fallout can be felt by all sorts of independent businesses and their employees in rural America.
Innovative Livestock Services, Inc., announces leadership change for the company that represents eleven feedyards
All classes of cattle sold at higher prices for the week and most are at or near record highs. Supplies of all classes remain extremely tight.
Vytelle will develop tools to characterize differences in feed efficiency among groups of feeder cattle via the Blocktrust Network’s permissioned blockchain.
Some blame the recent rout in the futures markets on LRP (Livestock Revenue Protection), a claim that is wholly unsubstantiated. A look at the data confirms LRP blame really is a smoke monster.
More calves born on dairies than ever before are eventually headed to feedyards these days. Performance and profitability merits sending healthy animals from the calf-rearing stage to the feedlot.
The U.S. feed grain supply is expected to grow by 3.4 million metric tons, propelled by a projected increase in corn yields for the 2023/24 corn production forecast, reports the USDA Economic Research Service.
Capturing true value discovery of feeder cattle through genetic merit could become a watershed moment for the U.S. beef industry.
Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence and sensor technologies, Oklahoma State University researchers have embarked on a groundbreaking project aimed at studying stress in cattle.
Setting stocking rates on wheat pasture in the fall and winter has large impacts on performance of growing calves and can have large influences on productivity of pastures during the spring.
The latest Crop Progress report shows that 71 percent of Oklahoma wheat is planted, two percent more than last year but less than the 75 percent 5-year average.
A coalition of 32 producers from across the industry will begin work to help accelerate the use of genetic information in feeder cattle marketing.
In an effort to evaluate the potential compensatory effects of winter rate of gain and implant strategy across the entire production system, a two-year study by the University of Nebraska addressed those questions.
Generally, a good week for agriculture with cattle steady to stronger despite a significant rally in the corn market. Packers try to hide their hand, but without inventory they must pay up to keep plants running.
The PAC Summit for Industry Leaders will be held July 12, 2023, at the Holiday Inn in Kearney, Nebraska. The event features an exciting line-up of speakers and topics.
The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker reports average cattle feeding closeouts were in the black last week, but with little room to spare.
Cattle feeding and packer profit margins were mostly steady the week ending December 21, with cash prices for fed cattle slightly higher.
As expected, beef packer margins jumped wildly higher the week ending Aug. 17, while cattle feeding margins slipped into the red.
Packer margins have grown to exceptionally high levels in recent weeks, while feedyard profits have eroded.
Feedyard margins climbed back into triple digits last week with a $1 to $2 price rally.
As temperatures ratchet up, the disorder is more frequently seen in fed cattle ready for slaughter. Veterinarians offer their take on what contributes to the problem and seven recommendations to help prevent it.
Has the ‘golden ticket’ to cattle feeding efficiency and carcass yield with reduction in methane gas emissions and wet waste been found? FBN, along with its partner, Boveta Nutrition, LLC, believe so.
Improving feeder futures prices, a stronger fed cattle market and limited supplies of feeder cattle all combined to push prices higher following Thanksgiving.