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Following Douglas, Ariz., Santa Teresa, N.M., becomes the second southern crossing to restart trade with mandatory EID tracking and screwworm safeguards.
With the Asian longhorned tick marching across the U.S., cattle producers now have a new tool in their herd health toolbox: a first-of-its-kind platform vaccine.
Upfront management is key to ensuring cattle health with longer days on feed.
Strong profits allow producers to update aging infrastructure and invest in GPS wearables and virtual fencing.
The border’s busiest cattle crossing — handling 43% of Mexican imports — prepares to resume operations following successful screwworm containment and the phased rollout at Douglas, Ariz.
With 24 head rejected on Day One, the Douglas reopening showed both the promise and the friction of USDA’s zero-tolerance biosecurity framework.
K-State veterinarians investigate an unusual outbreak of eye lesions among stocker calves across multiple pastures.
From inspections and dips on the Mexican side to EID tags and state vets at the border, officials outline a cautious ramp‑up from a few hundred head to full capacity.
From body condition to vaccine timing, a roundtable of experts breaks down how to set calves up for success — and the pitfalls that derail it.
Terrain’s Dave Weaber says herd expansion remains on hold heading into 2027, with feeder cattle and fed cattle prices expected to hit new highs in Q3 — even as a potential strong El Niño and the Cargill Fort Morgan lockout add fresh uncertainty to the supply picture.
How stress, vaccination timing and product choice influence respiratory disease prevention in young calves.
A guide to medicated and non-medicated supplements for the cow-calf producer, stocker and feeder.
Extension specialists warn that jumping the gun on spring grazing can slash forage production and trigger an energy crash in developing heifers
Experts outline the integrated approach needed to capture every pound of gain.
From visual-only ear tags to electronic ear tags, brands and tattoos, how producers choose to identify their cattle is impacted by their management program.
There are four classes of anti-infectives used for BRD treatment. It is impotant to use the correct class of antibiotic to control the disease-causing bacteria.
With tight supplies and strong consume demand for beef today, artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape how producers manage each animal.
Ducks Unlimited and AgriWebb are partnering to provide tech to promote grassland management.
Doug Ferguson explains how he uses sell-buy marketing strategies to maximize profit.
Forage management and progeny predictability are keys to good stocker operations.
APHIS confirms a New World screwworm case in a 22-month-old bovine transported from Veracruz to a feedlot in Nuevo León.
In addition to increasing carcass counts, wolves decrease reproduction rates, weaning weights, calf health and human well-being — costs often uncompensated or uncounted.
Logan Pribbeno manages his operations with a CFO mindset.
Oklahoma State’s Derrell Peel says the beef industry needs time — not politics or policy — to solve beef supply and demand realities.
Auburn’s Max Runge shares four considerations for famers considering using crop residue to custom grow cattle.
Water is key to fall and winter grazing, but ranchers should consider various options to contend with frigid temperatures.
Easy access and flexibility are benefits to livestock auction markets. State of the Beef Industry survey respondents share how they are marketing cattle today.