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Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail ...
Where will it end?
Private grazing rates across the Western U.S. climbed more than 5% for the 12 months through January to $14.50/animal unit month (AUM). That’s up from last year’s 4.5% pace, according to the latest USDA January Cattle Survey. Yet, given the developing profit squeeze caused by steeply rising feed prices and other production costs, market participants say lease rates will eventually have to retreat...
Selecting Forages for Swathing
As snow cover begins to recede and the tractor no longer needs to be plugged in to feed hay, you might be wondering if there’s an easier way...
We Weren't Wrong; We Looked At The Wrong Things
That headline is how one cattleman characterized his failure to anticipate the changes that occurred in this industry the last couple of years. Looking back, he was ...
This Hallmark Greeting Is A Real Tear Jerker
The Hallmark/Westland story continues to garner headlines on a whole range of issues.
- The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) announced its intention to sue USDA over ...
Calf Health Depends On The First 12 Hours
Just how important are the first 12 hours of a calf's life? Extremely, says Dave Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension veterinarian. "Those first 12 hours set them up for success ...
KSU Testing Web-Based Smoke Management System
Every spring, smoke from prescribed burns on Kansas' Flint Hills has the potential to affect air quality in eastern Kansas and surrounding states. But a new method of smoke modeling ...
When It Comes To Calving, Success Is In The Planning
Planning for calving is a lot like formulating a battle plan. It can fall apart when the first shot is fired, but preparation and planning for contingencies ...
Hallmark Gives Industry A California Nightmare
The tenacles of the largest beef recall in history -- 143,383,823 lbs. -- have reached all across the country. If the surreptitious video of exhausted and disabled dairy cattle being tortured to take their last few steps to the kill box of the Hallmark/Westland ...
The Time To Panic Is Now!
In the book, "The Big Moo," there's a line that states the time to panic about your hardware business is not when Home Depot is advertising its grand opening one block down the street. At that point, it's ...
Calves Are What Mama Eats
Everyone knows that dam nutrition influences how a calf comes into this world and survives early on. In fact, at least three decades ago, research showed that underfeeding pregnant cows -- relative to their energy ...
Can We Just Breed Calves Healthy?
We can breed cattle black or red, horned or polled. We can breed them for growth, marbling, tenderness or milk production. But can we breed cattle to resist common diseases, respond to vaccination protocols ...
Checkoff Introduces Five New Cuts From The Chuck
The checkoff-funded Beef Innovations Group (BIG) has launched five new beef cuts as a result of extensive chuck roll optimization efforts. The cuts and their attributes include:
- The Delmonico Steak (Chuck Eye ...
Temple Grandin Responds To California Video Fiasco
The fiasco footage of the horrific treatment of downed cows at a California packing plant -- video that is still being replayed on national and local news -- has angered nearly everyone in the beef industry. ...
Beef Study Tour Visits Cactus Argentina
The day began with an early morning flight from Buenos Aires west to the city of Mendoza, a city of 1 million inhabitants located in the foothills of the Andes Mountains near Chile...
Bruce Knight Lists Animal-Health Priorities For 2008
Last week, Bruce Knight, USDA Undersecretary of Marketing and Regulatory Programs, addressed the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) Cattle Health & Well Being Committee. During his presentation, Knight outlined ...
Cattle-Fax Provides 2008 Market Outlook
Fed-cattle prices between $92-$94 cwt. Feeder cattle between $103-$105. And calf prices averaging near $115. Those were the 2008 average cattle price projections from Cattle-Fax in its always-anticipated executive summary ...
House Presents Suggestions For The Farm Bill
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), chairman of the House Ag Committee, and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), ranking member of the committee, presented a suggested outline for spending to achieve a new, 10-year farm bill. The outline ...
USDA Projects Lower Meat Production
USDA released its 10-year ag projections this week and it anticipates a drop in production of all meats for the next few years as more and more corn is diverted to ethanol....
Beef Herd Continues To Shrink
USDA's Cattle Inventory report was in alignment with expectations. The two big numbers everyone tends to look at for a long-term view are the total number of beef cows,...
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Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
