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Cattle on feed data shows the largest number of cattle in feedlots during February since 2008, while placements were 99.4% of year ago, a little smaller than expected.
After calving, a normally healthy cow needs 52% more protein and a substantial increase in energy as she begins the lactation phase. Meeting those nutrition requirements will positively impact rebreeding.
Cattle traded in the south early in the week at $1 higher prices, suggesting packers were hungry for inventory.
Selecting for just one trait can be ruinous in the cow-calf business—but it depends on how that one trait is related to others, and how well you keep the others balanced.
NCBA’s CEO says the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has become a costly and time-consuming burden for America’s ranchers, and cattlemen support modernization of the law.
Neogen Corporation announced that it and Angus Genetics, Inc. (AGI) have launched updated content to Angus GSSM — the first genomic profiler designed specifically for Angus cattle.
Over the past five years carcasses grading Choice represent 82% of slaughter, and carcass weights are also on a steady trend higher which is a cautionary sign for cattle feeders.
If investors continue to find value in the live cattle market, producers may see a run in the board that could carry over into the live cattle trade.
USDA’s latest carcass weights data show steers 12 pounds heavier than last year and heifers 13 pounds heavier than last year, resuming a higher trend after moderating the past three years.
CattleFax sees positive cattle outlook for 2020; predicts focus on consumers a requirement for continued beef industry success.
Neudorff USA launches ANTIXX FIRE ANT BAIT to attract and kill foraging and red imported fire ants (Solenopsis Invicta) and harvester ants.
Packers need cattlemen, cattlemen need packers. Cargill Protein VP Glen Dolezal discusses what consumers are demanding and how they’re working with their rancher suppliers.
Cargill is launching a new premium beef brand called Salt & Sear™ it says will allow consumers to purchase restaurant-quality beef to prepare at home.
Good ranchers love caring for their cattle and land. Great ranchers keep on top of the numbers that keep it all profitable.
Gardiner Angus Ranch’s “Early Bird” bull sale – held at the ranch January 27, 2020 – saw 186 Angus bulls and 108 bred commercial Angus heifers sell.
During the past decade, seedstock breeders have adopted genomics to strengthen genetic prediction tools and resulting selection decisions. The IGS-Neogen partnership accelerates the effort for commercial ranchers.
Bruce Cobb has been named executive vice president of production for Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB), and assumes his new duties on March 1, 2020.
Choosing the synchronization protocol that best fits each individual situation is challenging because so many options are currently available.
The Center for Consumer Freedom ran a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal this week asking if fake meats need Prop 65 labels.
U.S. beef exports were down year-over-year in 2019 but could see a bump this year. Imports in 2019 were up slightly compared to the previous year.
USDA’s annual Cattle report revealed slightly lower cattle numbers, but the decline was not as large as some analysts expected.
GrowSafe Systems Ltd. announced the inaugural release of The 2020 Top 150 Proven Bulls, which includes all bulls with a 0.6 accuracy rating for their RFI EPD.
Despite our best efforts at bull selection and heifer development, cows or heifers occasionally need assistance at calving time. Every baby calf has a certain degree of respiratory acidosis.
Last Monday the cattle market felt the same negativity as all other markets with the uncertainty of what may happen to global trade due to the effects of the coronavirus.
Observations from a retired Utah State University extension agent challenges the Konefal Method of evening feeding of cows to encourage daytime calving.
NCBA and the Public Lands Council oppose the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act, a bill that would require federal land management agencies to permanently end livestock grazing on some allotments.
As a new decade begins, the beef industry’s voice must become one if producers are to benefit from the many opportunities presented today while confronting numerous challenges.
Science may say beef production is carbon neutral, that animal welfare is the best it’s ever been, but for consumers in an era of skepticism, science is just another person’s opinion.
The market is sitting in a holding position in this mid $120’s range, and the movement is anticipated to remain flat for the short-term.
The latest monthly cattle on feed report showed the January 1 inventory in feedlots (over 1,000 head) at 11.958 million head, 102.3 percent of one year ago. This is the largest January on-feed total since 2008.