Rancher
The most recent FDA figures show substantial drops in medically important antibiotics sales and distribution in all U.S. food animal production. Cattle feeders say the facts leave nothing to hide.
South Dakota cattleman Martin F. Jorgensen, Jr. was a pioneer in the development of innovative management practices and the implementation of new technologies.
We can’t bet the farm on technological updates, but we can invest in doing the right thing, in technology that tracks and proves we are doing the right thing.
Congress passed the Wild Horse and Burro Act in 1971, and the law and its stated objectives led to controversy that is as heated today as it was a half century ago.
Selection for the fourth King Ranch Institute NCBA Excellence in Ag Leadership Program will begin spring of 2020.
In a head-scratching week of data, estimated cattle slaughter was 9,000 head higher following the Tyson fire, cattle prices were down 5% or more, and yet wholesale beef prices rose 9%.
Cattle markets continued reeling Tuesday as both CME Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle set contract lows following Monday’s locked limit-down performance.
Ranchers in Plumas County, Calif., are dealing with an invasion of grasshoppers on summer ranges.
USDA’s first estimate of the annual calf crop, released in its mid-year inventory report, may be the most important survey number for cattle producers, says John Nalivka.
Four people were injured while trying to corral a bull in southeast Texas. Two were airlifted to a hospital in critical condition.
Cash fed cattle rallied $3 to $5 per cwt. for the week ending July 12, jumping from $109 in the pre-holiday week to $114 to $116 on Friday.
Preconditioning programs for calves can help increase returns on sale day, and this year may provide opportunities to adjust nutritional management and capture more value from your forages.
A unique Texas ranch with more than 4,500 Brangus and Ultrablack located on over 14,000 contiguous acres of leased and owned land is offered for sale by the owners.
Cattle Clutter is defined as those cattle in the herd that do not positively contribute to your bottom line.
Two miles of the National Flint Hills Scenic Byway pass through the Crocker Springs Ranch in Chase County, Kan., which is now offered for sale.
Cattle markets remain under pressure, though good demand was evident on heavier feeder cattle in the northern Plains.
Cattle feeders continue to search for a bottom to the fed cattle market, but the seem to have little leverage to stop to slide.
A U.S. District judge issued a 28-day temporary restraining order that will stop Steven and Dwight Hammond from using their federal grazing permit near their ranch in Diamond, Oregon.
Drovers columnist Jared Wareham: Marketing flexibility represents a growing part of feedyards’ feeder cattle buying strategy.
An Alberta, Canada, rancher rescued a missing calf that had slipped into a badger hole in one his pastures.
A wide varieties of decision tools are available to help the rancher make the decisions.
Activist groups have filed suit against the BLM in an effort to prevent Hammond Ranches, Steven Hammond (second from left) and Dwight Hammond (fourth from left), from renewing their grazing permits.
While the beef industry has seen growing demand, developments mostly driven by environmental activists still loom over the industry like a gray cloud.
The U.S. beef industry has evolved significantly over the past five years with a consumer-driven emphasis on value-added products.
Ranchers along the U.S.-Mexico border say the disease carried by fever ticks has devastated their operations.
A letter to members of the American Angus Association announces the resignation of its CEO.
In an ironic twist, the BLM hopes cattle from Dwight and Steven Hammond – ranchers prosecuted for starting range fires – can reduce a fire risk on the high desert of eastern Oregon.
R-CALF USA has filed a class action lawsuit against America’s four largest packing companies claiming their actions since 2015 have depressed prices paid to ranchers.
A northern Utah man faces criminal charges after 46 cows he was hired to take care of died of starvation, and numerous others were seriously injured or impaired.
NASS reports in the 2017 Census of Agriculture that 36% of U.S. farms have beef cows, with the average herd size 43.5 head. Smaller operations, however, are declining.