Stocker
Industry leaders discuss how supply and demand trends are impacting stocker operations during the 2025 K-State Stocker Field Day.
K-State beef cattle experts emphasize the importance of clean, high-quality water in managing livestock.
Weaning and marketing involve many potential stressors that can negatively affect beef calves. Consider these preconditioning strategies to optimize health and performance.
It’s not too early to begin evaluating the economic and agronomic conditions and considerations for possible winter stocker production.
Missouri Extension State forage specialist Carson Roberts suggests four alternatives that could be more economical than growing hay for your animals.
Extension livestock economist James Mitchell summarizes the sharp increases in beef prices the first half of 2025.
Work with your local veterinarian to evaluate your herd’s deworming program to identify potential areas of improvement.
As a beef producer, you can’t control the heat. But you can consider these tips to help cattle stay comfortable during times of potential heat stress.
Are you measuring the impact of your current calf management decisions? And assessing the potential added value of implementing management practices that you currently don’t employ?
Expanding its livestock product line, FBN adds Ridley Feeds, fencing supplies, equine products and more.
Tips for producers to protect their livestock from theft.
Consider these important reminders before opening the pasture gate.
Frothy bloat is sporadic, unpredictable and difficult to prevent. It typically occurs when cattle graze legume or legume-based pastures.
Improvements in genetics, management practices and technology are working together to produce higher fed cattle weights and increased carcass quality.
The buyer group, led by an Oklahoma rancher, plans to continue ONSY’s operations, which includes more than 350,000 annually selling through the stockyards.
With the goal of preserving America’s food security, 40 stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, operations and organizational involvement have agreed on five priorities and actionable solutions to make impactful change with a common voice.
Kansas stocker uses strategies to add value to discounted calves that are not typically desired in the marketplace.
There are many reasons to consider finishing calves on forage, however it can present two major challenges: land requirement and variable calf performance.
A look at how nutritional management of calves pre-finishing impacts beef quality.
To target deworming efforts, producers need to know which parasites they’re dealing with.
Shrinking cattle inventories in recent years leads to a wide range of impacts on the multi-sectored cattle industry.
K-State beef systems specialist researching the effects on stocker cattle performance.
In person and online educational events cover a variety of cow-calf and feedlot topics from University of Nebraska — Lincoln and Nebraska Extension.
The performance of growing calves on wheat pasture can by increased by providing a small amount of a concentrate supplement carrying an ionophore and minerals that are deficient in wheat pasture.
If pastures are slightly overstocked or have less forage available due to poor wheat growing conditions, forage allowance of 3 lbs. can provide enough forage for about 2.5 lbs. of gain per day.
Feedlot owners and cow-calf producers can use best practices for helping those cattle get off to a good start when entering the yard.
There are many management options to consider for weaned calves depending on feed resources, labor, and subsequent management strategies.
Effective drenching with these tips gets the medication in the correct place without waste.
With weaning time, most calves will be taking their first trailer ride, so consider low stress handling techniques to get them started right.
Shovel Dot Ranch uses grazing management to protect their fragile ecosystem and legacy.