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It’s not too early to get a jump start on controlling flies as the weather begins to warm up.
Wearable technology is becoming more available for ranchers to keep an eye on individual animals in their herds.
Decisions up and down the beef supply chain evolve around calculating costs and breakeven prices.
The total U.S. feedlot inventory on Jan. 1, 2025 was 14.297 million head, including 2.474 million head in feedlots with capacity less than 1,000 head.
George “Frank” Littrell Jr., Midwest Feeders, Inc. Ingalls, Kan., received the 2025 Arturo Armendariz Distinguished Service Award during the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Banquet in San Antonio.
Colorado cattle feeder, Dan May, was inducted into the 2025 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame during the Cattle Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
CattleFax released its annual price projections at CattleCon and expects cattle prices to stay strong for a while.
Joe Morgan, CEO of Poky Feeders based in Scott City, Kan., was inducted into the 2025 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame during the Cattle Convention in San Antonio, Texas, this year.
The annual NCBA meeting brought together nearly 8,400 attendees.
USDA’s latest Cattle Inventory report showed U.S. beef cattle numbers fell to the lowest level in 64 years to start the year. Tight supplies and strong demand could push cattle prices to even higher highs in 2025, but uncertainty is infusing more risk and volatility into the markets.
With the prospects for tight cattle numbers over the next 2 to 3 years, the importance of consumer demand will be critical.
With native cattle numbers still under pressure, beef-on-dairy crossbreds are providing the industry with a critical supply of cattle.
Monarch says its Autodrive technology is the first commercially available, fully autonomous feature in a driver-optional tractor.
Total on-feed inventory to start the year was estimated at a little over 11.8 million head, which is down by just under 1% from January of 2024.
With the Trump administration moving forward on its promise of mass deportations, the livestock and agriculture industries are concerned about the disruption and financial impact the loss of workers would put on producers and consumers.
Preliminary UNL Beef research shows no performance loss associated with varying distillers grains in cattle finishing diets.
With no post-holiday wavering, all cattle and beef markets moved higher in the first half of January – setting new record price levels to start the new year.
Top of mind issues for producers and managers with cattle in feedyard or drylot pens during winter weather include bedding, nutritional needs and equipment.
Using heart score and health records could help develop an EPD for the fatal, untreatable condition.
In person and online educational events cover a variety of cow-calf and feedlot topics from University of Nebraska — Lincoln and Nebraska Extension.
Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek in Sioux Center, Iowa, says cash fed cattle trade hit record highs last week and could be steady to even a bit higher again this week. Historically tight supplies continue to support the rally.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) suspended imports of live cattle and bison from Mexico on Nov. 22, 2024, following the detection of New World screwworm (NWS) along Mexico’s southern border.
The event will feature topics including “The Competitive Edge: Tech Innovations in Feedlot Management” and “Balance4ward’s Cattle Market Outlook.”
A full circle system isn’t for everyone, but it is for ranchers who want to learn from past decisions and get better each year.
Looking back, 2024 was mostly a continuation of the story that has been developing since 2022.
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The Corporate Transparency Act filing requirements are back in effect following a court decision that reverses the injunction that previously halted this mandate.
Feeder auction trading is finished for the year with new record prices in 2024.
Calf and feeder cattle prices have been much more active in the past three weeks with two market-moving events, including precipitation in the central states and the temporary closure of the southern border due to screwworms.
The antitrust class-action lawsuit alleging America’s largest beef packers conspired to fix cattle prices has been dismissed by a federal judge in Minnesota.