Baxter Black, DVM: THE BATTLE OF RUDY CREEK
Ron said it was just one of those days. In fact, it was the day before the regular auction in Ft. Pierre, SD.
Baxter Black, DVM: THE BATTLE OF RUDY CREEK
Ron said it was just one of those days. In fact, it was the day before the regular auction in Ft. Pierre, SD.
Posted in Uncategorized
Proper Donor Management Stimulates Production
Clifford Mitchell
Cattle Today
Our society is made up of different classes. What separates these classes? Is there some magical line that dictates where a person belongs? Do people have the right to earn a leg up and boost status?
Posted in Uncategorized
Wildfires Leave More than Ashes Behind
Kay Ledbetter
Beef Today
Across the state of Texas, it’s the same story over and over – the grass is gone, destroyed by fire, hay is short and soil moisture is almost non-existent.
Posted in Uncategorized
Getting Late Early? Is the price party nearly over for cattle producers?
John Harrington
DTN
One sunny afternoon many years ago, either the Yankees or the Mets take the field in the bottom of the second. The game promises to be a classic pitching duel with opposing hurlers both capable of shutouts if not perfect games.
Posted in Uncategorized
Purdue Economist Predicts Five-Dollar Beef
Hoosier AG Today
Purdue University Extension economist Dr. Chris Hurt says cattle prices have had a remarkable run to the upside with finished steers reaching the low $120s per hundredweight in early April.
Posted in Uncategorized
Why grass fed beef is a healthier choice than grain fed beef
Stephanie Croom
Examiner.com
You may have heard the recent hype over grass fed beef compared to grain fed beef. There are many reasons people are making the switch from grain fed and finding grass fed to be the better option.
Posted in Uncategorized
UT Beef and Forage Field Day set June 9
The Daily Times
With both production costs and consumer prices on the rise, there will be plenty of topics on the minds of beef cattle producers who attend the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s annual Beef and Forage Field Day.
Posted in Uncategorized
NCBA cautious about final dust policy assessment
High Plains Journal
As anticipated, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Policy Assessment for the Review of the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards. According to Tamara Thies, chief environmental counsel for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association(NCBA)
Posted in Uncategorized
Returns to a summer stocker operation
Dillon M. Feuz
On a weekly basis, I utilize Nebraska feeder cattle auction price data for various weights of feeder steers; the current futures market for both Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle; and the present cost of gain based on current feed prices to project returns to backgrounding various weights of feeder steers and to finishing various weights of feeder steers.
Posted in Uncategorized
Test Your Vaccination Know-How
Del Deterling
Progressive Farmer
Think you know everything there is to know about beef cattle vaccinations? Here’s a test.
Posted in Uncategorized