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There Is No Easy Recovery For Southwest Beef

“Historically tough times” – that’s how some livestock experts sum up the 2011 Southwest livestock industry. One of the worst droughts on record has forced many livestock producers to cull herds, turn to out-of-state forage sources and, in many cases, scramble for adequate water supplies just to keep their herds alive.

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  • Feb. 15, 2012
    video

    Start Monitoring Early For Pasture Weed Control

    Rain has returned to parts of the South and, while that’s a good thing, it may usher in a new flush of weeds for pasture and forage producers this spring....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Weather Worries To Lessen In 2012 1

    “We’re pretty confident this El Niño event has already started. That’s part of the reason we’re seeing moisture in Eastern Texas. As this thing keeps rolling forward, it’s going to have a strong impact on our weather come this spring and summer.”...More
  • Feb. 7, 2012
    Article

    A New Tool For Mapping Water Use And Drought

    Farmers and water managers may soon have an online tool to help them assess drought and irrigation impacts on water use and crop development, thanks to the work of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists....More
  • Jan. 13, 2012
    Article

    Despite Drought, Texas Land Values Rose In 2011

    Despite the worst drought in recorded history, ag land values in Texas followed the national trend upward, with some classes of ag land posting double-digit gains in value in 2011, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas....More
  • Jan. 12, 2012
    Article

    Drought-Ravaged Producers Don’t Plan to Quit Business

    "Worst drought in history.” “Acquired more grass.” Those cryptic answers – the first to a question on why respondents retained fewer heifers than normal, and the second to a question on why respondents retained more heifers than normal – are perhaps the best characterizations of a year in which cattlemen saw both the worst and the best that Mother Nature can throw at them....More
  • Jan. 12, 2012
    Article

    Feedyards Turn To Feeding Cows 2

    The drought of 2011 has turned many Southern Plains ranches into deserts, leaving some producers no choice but to cull their herds and flood auction sales and packing plants with a steady stream of open and bred cows and heifers. But Frontera Feedyard, Muleshoe, TX, is helping ease the pain....More
  • Jan. 9, 2012
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    Could A Widespread Drought Be Next in 2012?

    There’s no doubt about it: 2012 has been beautiful in the Midwest so far. Although many were disappointed not to have a white Christmas, our unseasonably warm, sunny weather has been a blessing for many in my neck of the woods....More
  • Dec. 27, 2011
    Article

    La Niña Continues To Re-Strengthen

    "La Niña is recovering in strength and, with this recovery, we may stay in the same weather pattern we had for the past year," Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University professor of ag meteorology, explained at during the recent Iowa State Integrated Crop Management Conference in Ames....More
  • Dec. 7, 2011
    blog

    Tell Us About Your Blizzard Experiences

    One of my favorite blog posts is one I wrote in November 2008 about the infamous blizzard of 1997 -- the one that hit the Dakotas in a violent fury, killing hundreds of thousands of cattle in its wake. At 10 years old, I learned a lot of tough lessons ......More
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