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Energy Reworks The High Plains
Many farmers, who for years have serviced feedyards and other operations with grain and silage, are more interested these days in crops that yield fodder...
Top 10 Cattle Feeding Stories
The international market for U.S. beef not only dominated the 2005 headlines, but the attention of beef producers as well, making it by far the No. 1...
Holstein steer conference proceedings now available
Proceedings for the Managing and Marketing Quality Holstein Steers conference recently held in Rochester, MN, are available for purchase. Available in...
Nebraska feedlot roundtables
Nebraska feedlot owners and operators can learn more about animal health and cattle trade at the 2006 Beef Feedlot Roundtable. Presented by University...
Tough TALK
How are you at handling things in your feedyard when the going gets tough? To find out, imagine how you'd respond to these three, real-world challenges....
From Our Columnists
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...






















