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With decreased cow herd numbers, increased carcass size has kept beef production high. With that comes more fat having to be ...
Extension specialists share tips to help producers deal with pinkeye’s contagious nature and the damage it can cause to a cow ...
Thanks to enhanced genetics for growth, today's cattle are larger than those from 15-20 years ago. If you're running the same ...
To help ranchers navigate that choice, Biermacher and his colleagues conducted a study to evaluate the economic outcomes of the three most common strategies: Keep the open cow and rebreed her for next ...
Coming from outside of agriculture offers Colorado rancher Cassidy Johnston a unique perspective of the beef industry and how ranchers can better interact with the general public to curb ...
Rollins made her announcement at the Moore Air Base facility near Edinburg, Texas. Moore was instrumental as a sterile fly production lab to rid the U.S. of NWS in the 1960s and 1970s. Hundreds of ...
Last week’s Comprehensive Beef Cutout gained $10/cwt. from the previous week to average $385.34/cwt. while average 5-Area Direct Steer prices fell $5/cwt. to average $230.98 leaving beef packer ...
Ionophores like monensin, lasalocid and laidlomycin, have been readily used within the U.S. and a recent research study by Haley Larson, assistant professor of animal health at K-State Olathe, found ...
Nearly 60 years ago, the U.S. eradicated New World screwworm (NWS). Today, the risk of reintroduction is real. So real that Ethan Lane with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) says it’s ...
Burk manages a 2,000-acre farm primarily focused on feed production for his family’s stock cows, dairy and grow yard. He says FBN has become an integral part of his agricultural strategy — providing ...
Burnout isn’t always about doing too much. Sometimes it’s about doing the wrong mix of work or carrying all of the mental load on top of the physical. That’s according to Kacee Bohle, who runs ...
Changes in beef cow inventory are driven by two factors – how many new bred heifers enter the herd each year and how many cows exit the herd through culling and death loss. As is always the case when ...