Weather Worries and Weather Woes

By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

It's likely that cattle producers in the Southeast won't look back on 2007 with any fondness. This region, home to about 25% of the nation's cow-calf production, withered under an unrelenting drought last year, and entered '08 desperate for a change...

Wildfire danger HIGH

compiled by BEEF staff

While it's been a year of moisture extremes, some regions that enjoyed high rainfall are facing the prospects of high wildfire danger. Oklahoma, for instance,...

Two new grasses for Southern Plains

compiled by Alaina Burt managing editor

Meet “Verl” and “Chet,” two new forage-grass varieties engineered to provide year-round grazing...

2008 Fencing Guide

The latest products for fencing and a directory of suppliers...

Fall calving with tall fescue

by Jim Gerrish contributing editor

Spring may not seem the right time to be thinking about the virtues of fall calving, but if you live in the tall-fescue zone of the U.S., you should be...

Five steps to winter savings

by Jim Gerrish contributing editor

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...