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Burtrum Cattle LLC is counting on data to help them stay profitable as they steward their land and resources.
The use of shotguns as a cattle-handling tool is more common than thought and needs to stop immediately as it poses serious welfare and food safety issues.
Testing hay offers best information for quality.
Western ranchers face significant challenges after wildfires blister grazing lands.
Western video sale in Nevada sold cattle from 33 states and showed strong buyer participation. Benefit auction helps ranchers affected by western wildfires.
A team of Texas A&M AgriLife researchers is assimilating this information into an interactive, computer-based tool to identify ever-changing risks to prevent or mitigate cattle fever tick infestations.
The current animal traceability system and the ability to rapidly respond to a real disease outbreak is insufficient to protect ranchers and their livelihoods, says NCBA president Mark Eisele.
Forage conditions have improved for Texas cattle ranchers, but rebuilding the statewide herd has been slow.
Five lessons learned every cattle rancher can relate to.
Cattle feeding margins declined last week with a rollback in cash prices. Calf producers remain in the driver’s seat with tight supplies and no expansion in sight. Pork breakevens are the lowest in four years.
U.S. CattleTrace Symposium will take place on November 18-19 at the American Royal Center in Kansas City, MO.
The use of winter annual cereals to promote soil health properties and suppress annual weeds has become more of the normal for many farmers in the U.S.
Margin pressure continues to challenge beef packers. That’ll inevitably lead to less capacity in due time. And that’ll likely mean some long-run ramifications for the business.
The annual charity show at the Iowa State Fair is inching close to $6 million in donations to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa since its inception in 1983.
Stocker production is tricky in the current market and stocker cattle will be expensive this fall, even more so if wheat pasture is abundant.
Recession fears brought volatility to all markets early last week and offered packers leverage to reduce their bids.
NCBA and PLC leaders issue statements on the indictment of a South Dakota ranch couple.
A look beyond last week’s headline news surrounding the sell-off in both Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures.
If you plan to wean earlier than normal to alleviate stress on cows and pastures, the seven management practices outlined here can help in the process.
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.
Wherever there’s group think, there’s never much room for thoughtfulness.
Pinkeye is a highly contagious infectious disease that affects cattle worldwide and the incidence and severity can vary widely from year to year.
This summer’s wild fires in many parts of cattle country has changed the economics for many ranchers and business risk has increased significantly.
This week marked three decades on air for “AgriTalk,” the nation’s first and only radio talk show focused entirely on agriculture and rural America.
While new technologies are in development to help diagnose BRD, for now the best tool is a trained human eye.
Cattle feeders still hold marketing leverage but a rout in the futures market along with a correction in equities pulled cash prices lower after two weeks of gains.
Industry-leading experts unlock valuable insights for producers raising beef-on-dairy cattle.
Heaton Ranches of McKenzie has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 North Dakota Leopold Conservation Award®.
FERA Diagnostics & Biologicals is a privately held animal health company based in College Station, Texas.
Noble Research Institute and Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation will explore the intersection between natural bat habitats and bat-driven pest management in grazing animal and nut tree orchard environments.