Rancher
The first in-person Essentials of Regenerative Ranching course will be held July 11-12, 2023, at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.
A Wyoming ranch will repurpose a century-old bridge after transporting it 40 miles to its new home.
Tightening supplies of beef and cattle are dominating market fundamentals and will continue to do so in the near-term.
A Beef Quality Assurance certification is available to those who complete the Central Texas Stocker Cattle Program on June 21 in West
As supplies of market-ready cattle have declined, so has beef packer capacity utilization.
Dr. Frank Mitloehner, often referred to as the “greenhouse gas guru,” spoke to the Blueprint For The Future Cattlemen’s Conference at Oklahoma State Universtiy.
Raising heat-tolerant cattle that are able and willing to go further to graze in subtropical climates is the goal of a new beef cattle research project at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research station at Beeville.
Ten counties in Nebraska had fall adult grasshopper populations that averaged over 15 per square yard. Low precipitation the last few years helps boost grasshopper infestations, and the need for damage control.
Kurt and PJ Myllymaki of Stanford are the 2023 recipients of the Montana Leopold Conservation Award®.
A previous column drew producer responses about the OFF Act. Nevil Speer reviews some of the broader themes regarding your Beef Checkoff.
Times of profitability provide excellent opportunities to reflect on what decisions we made to get here, more specifically what management practices resulted in the improving balance sheet.
What do you think of outside investors in ag? Chris Rawley of Harvest Returns shares how using outside investors may provide an unique financial opportunity for farmers and ranchers to start or grow.
Governor Mauro Mendes of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, recently met with the Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen at the 2023 Water for Food Global Conference to discuss opportunities for partnership between the two states.
Calving season can be an exhausting time on the ranch, especially when cows experience difficulty giving birth.
Packers unexpectedly found themselves chasing a limited supply of higher-grading cattle last week and the result was sharply higher prices in the North.
The price spread between Northern cash cattle sales and Southern sales more than doubles as packers struggle to find inventory to maintain acceptable capacity utilization.
Keith Harmoney, K-State range scientist in Hays, has developed a decision tree that provides some guidelines given a pasture’s current soil moisture condition and the relative level of stress on the pasture last year.
Careful evaluation of your production system permits you to identify the traits of primary economic importance.
A diverse delegation from at least nine different countries recently had the opportunity to interact with Nebraska agriculture firsthand as part of the Water for Food Global Conference.
Purina Animal Nutrition gathers supply chain to discuss opportunities and challenges with beef-on-dairy segment.
The Food and Drug Administration is changing guidance for using implants in beef cattle after June 2023.
More than 400 participants gathered at the tenth Water for Food Global Conference to discuss innovative ways to improve water and food security by increasing farmers’ resiliency to a changing landscape.
Missouri forage producers should begin removing seed heads from tall fescue grass pastures soon to reduce toxic endophytes that thwart herd health and profits.
One more column on the OFF Act regarding the coalition of groups that have some “dubious partners” with “questionable motives,” Speer says.
“It is time for members of Congress to listen to those they truly represent,” says R-CALF president Brett Kinzey, “the people whose passion and time is centered on their fields and pastures, not inside the Beltway.”
For the second time in a decade, drought has pushed cattle numbers in the U.S. lower than planned and lower than needed to meet the demands of the market.
The current front-end supply and winter delayed calf-feds have the northern packers stretched for inventory. Will that aid feeders’ ability to push prices higher in the coming weeks?
Cash cattle traded steady to higher with futures prices trading higher for the week. Wholesale beef prices finished the week near steady.
To address agricultural challenges, Beth Ford stressed the need for a comprehensive, long-term water sustainability strategy, and shared why water is at the top of her priority list.
By restoring the native ecosystem on their land, the Browns are doing their part to protect one of the most imperiled ecosystems, the grasslands of North America.