The factors that put rocket fuel underneath the cattle market in 2011 will continue into 2012, and that means prices for all classes of cattle still have some upside, according to Kevin Good, CattleFax analyst....More

An environmental training session for operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs, is set for Feb. 23 in Huron. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Crossroads Convention Center, 100 Fourth St. S.W. in Huron. The cost is $50 and includes lunch, breaks, and training materials. The program begins at 8:50 a.m. and concludes at approximately 4:45 p.m. To register for the training, call Candy Willms at (605) 688-5141....More

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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

Each fall, when ranchers unload their weaned calves at Darnall Feedlot near Harrisburg, NE for the annual feedlot trial, it marks the first step in garnering information ranchers can use to make important management decisions....More

With high feeder cattle and ration costs putting fed-cattle breakevens in the $1.25/lb. range – or higher – “anything cattle feeders can do to improve performance is important,” says Shawn Walter of Professional Cattle Consultants (PCC), Weatherford, OK....More

For a good many years now, industry analysts have pontificated about excess feedbunk capacity in feedyards, excess chain capacity in packing plants, and how the industry will have to adjust to a continually shrinking cowherd....More

The feeding cycle that began in late 2010 will be one to be remembered for a variety of reasons — increasing feeder and feed prices, increasing fuel prices, volatile fed cattle prices and the narrow USDA Choice-Select spread....More

Kansas State University and Certified Angus Beef teamed up to evaluate feedlot performance and carcass parameters from 17,919 Angus steers fed at a single southwest Kansas feedlot between 1997 and 2007. Arrival weight and days on feed averaged 788 lbs. and 135 days....More

When industry folks ask me questions, I turn to the data. When I have questions, I turn to the data. So in today’s feeding environment, the most logical way to find profitability drivers is to crunch the numbers....More

A safety culture in a feedyard must be established at the top. But it’s more successful in reducing accidents if it’s built from the bottom. At least that’s how it works at Nelson Farms/Valley Feeds feedyard at Long Island, KS....More