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Research indicates multiple animal performance benefits linked to earlier castration (birth to 3 months), including shorter initial weight loss periods, lower disease susceptibility, and higher post-weaning ADGs.
USDA reports are not an exact science of data collection and should not be treated as such. We have to take the information from all reports, reported and/or surveyed, and use it accordingly in our analysis.
Caitlin Word shares the difference between principles and practices in this week’s podcast episode as it relates to regenerative agriculture.
The margin spread between packer losses and feedyard profits expands as wholesale beef prices continue their retreat. Pork producer profits continue increasing.
Government officials claim power over entrance, searches, and surveillance on private land with no restrictions.
There’s a lot of rhetoric surrounding beef trade that we shouldn’t accept at face value. A closer look at the data shows America’s ranchers are the direct beneficiaries of international trade.
Five-hundred-sixty-three bidders registered for the annual sale with 264 buyers from 31 states and Mexico competed for 670 lots.
King Ranch has acquired a 50% stake in Cobalt Cattle, the nation’s fourth-largest cattle feeding operation with six feedyards in Colorado, Kansas and Texas.
NCBA and the PLC oppose three finalized Endangered Species Act rulemakings that significantly expand federal overreach and roll back reforms that previously provided some relief to farmers and ranchers.
Beef exports continue to face headwinds as beef production decreases and beef prices increase in the U.S. market. Beef imports are dominated by imports of lean processing beef to supplement supplies of nonfed beef.
Finished cattle, feeders, calves and the futures markets were all in retreat as the HPAI event becomes the latest beef industry black swan.
Pesky horn flies can become prolific during the grazing season. However, there are control tactics that can help keep horn fly populations under wraps.
Producers who are looking to minimize time spent checking water may consider investing in one of many modern water monitoring solutions.
Keeping replacement females from first calf heifers can work if producers plan and select sires that are adequate for calving ease and also offer maternal traits that are beneficial.
Mexico will increase surveillance and reinforce inspections of U.S. livestock imports after bird flu was found in dairy cattle.
Colorado officials have confirmed the first wolf depredation of a calf since gray wolves were reintroduced in the state in December 2023.
The latest data on steer weights shows 23 pounds heavier than a year ago at 922-pounds, record-high for the first two weeks in March. That’s a sharply higher trend line in a time when weights historically trend lighter.
The inaugural course date for Noble Business Essentials is set for June 13-14, 2024, on Noble’s campus in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Ranchers and landowners from disaster-declared counties impacted by recent wildfires are eligible to apply to the TSCRA Disaster Relief Fund.
A recent Arkansas study showed deworming calves about two months before weaning improved weight gain and added value for producers.
Crabgrass is an annual, warm-season grass that is fast growing, easy to establish, and capable of natural and prolific reseeding, all of which allows it to excel as a “weed.”
Market cow prices have increased significantly as demand has grown for product in the nonfed beef market, and the supply is tightening faster than that of fed beef.
Cherry County, Nebraska, and Connecticut are about the same size in square miles, but which one has the most beef cow operations? The answer may surprise you.
Successful ranchers understand the importance of matching their cow herd to the resources available on their ranch and in their environment.
Does more negotiated cash cattle trading benefit feeders or packers? An evaluation of packer gross margin provides some perspective.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to reinstate rules protecting endangered plants and animals, action that would reverse changes made during the Trump Administration that weakened the Endangered Species Act.
EPDs from multiple breeds can be compared by adding/subtracting the appropriate adjustment factors to the EPDs resulting from the most recent genetic evaluations for each of 18 breeds.
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants can donate emergency grazing authority to ranchers in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas impacted by recent wildfires.
Does an increasing negotiated cash cattle trade lead to higher overall prices? Here’s what the data reveal about this most tenuous topic.
A new resource developed by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and CattleFax helps cattle producers maximize profitability from their culling decisions.