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A properly constructed and maintained water well can provide many years of trouble-free service, but over time, wells can deteriorate or become damaged, allowing surface contaminants to enter the water in the well.
There is considerable variation in the mineral composition of small grain forages, depending on management, growth conditions, and soil mineral content.
In the second installment of this series about the current cattle markets, veteran editor Steve Cornett visits with a Midwestern feeder who helps us understand Senator Grassley’s curmudgeonly attitude about packers.
Federal protections for gray wolves must be restored under the Endangered Species Act across much of the U.S., according to a federal judge.
Cotton production is estimated at 18.3 million bales for 2021, a 25% increase from the 2020 crop year, according to USDA. That means whole cottonseed supply is estimated to be about 1 million tons more than 2021.
Considering the production factors of the past two years, it’s logical to consider that advances in carcass quality, or higher marbling scores, will be less likely to develop in 2022 than in the previous two years.
Over a long career, Bill Angell was a livestock judging team coach, field man for a breed association and livestock publication, for Superior Livestock Auction and as Yard Manager for the National Western Stock Show.
U.S. beef exports exceeded $10 billion in sales, shattering the previous record by 27%. Pork exports finished slightly below the record volume reached in 2020 but set a new value record, topping $8 billion.
Colorado ranchers say they are “under attack” by their governor after hiring a director of the Bureau of Animal Protection who has ties to Mercy for Animals and leads a project that promotes plant-based food choices.
Cattle producers Norman Voyles, Jr., Jimmy Taylor and Andy Bishop are the new leaders of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion & Research Board, responsible for guiding the national Beef Checkoff throughout 2022.
When we break sustainability down to the operational goal of optimizing resources, we realize increased productivity per cow and optimum stocking rate per acre are the actual problems we need to address.
This idea of mandating a certain level of cash cattle trade is a bit revolutionary in what has been an evolutionary change in cattle price discovery over these last couple of decades, says veteran editor Steve Cornett.
The winners of the 2022 Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Awards, sponsored by Cargill, were announced during the annual Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show, held Feb. 1-3, 2022, in Houston.
NCBA submitted a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of over 1,600 cattle producers from 44 states calling for a definition of “Waters of the United States” that works for the cattle industry.
Plant-based chicken pluckers are not satisfied with a 1% market share, but they have the difficult task of convincing folks a concoction of pea protein, soy protein, flour, oils and sodium tastes just like chicken.
Cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. Knowing the stress periods that cause nutrient deficiencies is where you must help the herd meet these nutritional challenges.
How can feedlot inventories be above year ago levels if the calf crop has declined the past three years? The usual flow of feeder cattle over time would suggest that feedlot inventories should have peaked in 2020.
The Lazy KT Ranch of Freedom has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award®.
Elanco Animal Health announces two new resources aimed at helping the cattle industry make a positive impact on hunger and climate change.
The cash market finally saw some life last week. Packers seemed to be in more need for cattle and finally were in a position to have to raise bids to get cattle bought.
Federal Wildlife Service plan aerial gunning of estray cattle located in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico despite local ranchers concerns.
The Meat Institute called for the U.S. Senate to pass a bipartisan bill to address unreasonable ocean carrier practices that are undermining competitiveness of American exporters including the meat and poultry industry.
NCBA approved interim policy that removes any doubt about the group’s distaste for government to regulate “cattle producers’ freedom of choice to conduct their own business and utilize their own marketing programs.”
While markets are one component of the cattle cycle, the critical factor driving the cattle cycle and the cow-calf sector of the cattle industry is forage.
Regardless of the market examined, “uncertainty” is an accurate descriptive term. U.S. equities are unsettled despite a promised interest rate hike and that spills over to cattle and beef.
Producers may now report unfair or anticompetitive practices in the livestock and poultry industries using a new online tool.
America’s cattle herd shrank by 2% last year, according to the annual Cattle report issued by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Drought also forced larger inventory reductions in several states.
Along with some insightful vaccine history, Scott Nordstrom, DVM, shared specifics about the role of mucosal immunology in young calves, during the American Hereford Association’s educational forums in Kansas City.
Nichols Farms, Bridgewater, Iowa, sold 201 bulls during its opening day event on January, 28, 2022.
Cattle feeders saw nothing new in the live cattle trade last week as packers continued to be on limited head counts once again.