Taking the Guess Work out of Selecting Bulls and Replacement Heifers

Taking the Guess Work out of Selecting Bulls and Replacement Heifers

American Cattleman

Since 2003, Igenity has worked with countless cattle breed associations, and seedstock and commercial cattlemen around the world to use the latest DNA technology to increase herd profitability.

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Cardiologist & Cattleman

Cardiologist & Cattleman

Kindra Gordon

The Cattle Business Weekly

Red meat isn’t always viewed favorably as a healthy option by the medical community – especially for individuals with heart disease, so a heart doctor who raises beef cattle might sound like a contradiction.

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Don’t be penny-wise and pound foolish with your herd

Don’t be penny-wise and pound foolish with your herd

Miranda Rieman

Farm and Ranch Guide

The average carrying cost of a cow has probably doubled in your lifetime.

According to Texas data, those costs have jumped to nearly $600 per head from maybe half that a few decades ago. At a recent meeting, a Nebraska ag business economist estimated the number had climbed to $800.

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Maintaining facilities to reduce winter BRD outbreaks

Maintaining facilities to reduce winter BRD outbreaks

Drovers

Like most dirty jobs, maintaining winter cattle facilities isn’t a glamorous or even complex task, but it is vitally important. Cold, wet cattle are, at best, not in an environment to grow and perform. At worst, they are more susceptible to developing and spreading illness, including bovine respiratory disease (BRD).

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Try Green-Grass Calving For Love Of Profit And Leisure

Try Green-Grass Calving For Love Of Profit And Leisure

Jesse Bussard

Beef Producer

The arguments for green-grass calving can be pretty convincing, especially the economics.

Ken Nimrick of western Illinois claims his calving season in mid-May through June saves him $100-200 in total feed costs per cow per year.

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Cattle herd begins rebuilding

Cattle herd begins rebuilding

Southwest Farm Press

The U.S. cattle herd may be starting to regain numbers lost to the devastating drought that has gripped the Southwest for the past three years and shows some evidence of continuing.

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Watch For Prussic Acid Poisoning From Sorghum, Sudangrass

Watch For Prussic Acid Poisoning From Sorghum, Sudangrass

Hay and Forage Grower

It’s that time of year when producers should watch cattle for signs of prussic acid poisoning, including labored breathing and staggering, warns Justin Waggoner, a Kansas State University beef systems specialist.

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Why You Should Care About the Farm Bill

Why You Should Care About the Farm Bill

Danielle Kurtzleben

US News and World Report

After causing a shutdown and threatening the nation’s creditworthiness, Congress seems to be unable to get anything done these days.

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Beef Improvement Federation to Host Genetic Prediction Workshop

Beef Improvement Federation to Host Genetic Prediction Workshop

Jared Decker

A Steak in Genomics

The conference is designed to give academic, allied industry, breed association staff and cattle producers a forum to learn about and discuss the latest developments in beef cattle genetic evaluation strategies.

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Tough Questions On Technology Adoption In The Beef Industry

Tough Questions On Technology Adoption In The Beef Industry

Wes Ishmael

BEEF

Adoption of technological innovation and management practices in the industry rely as much on consumer acceptance as the efficacy of the technology itself.

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Check Corn for Mycotoxins

Check Corn for Mycotoxins

iGrow

To properly blend mycotoxin contaminated corn, Thaler said it is essential to know exactly how much mycotoxin and what type is in the grain. To properly sample your grain, take samples from several different locations in the bin or load, and then send them in a cloth bag to a certified lab for analysis.

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Fed Cattle Hit Record Highs for Two Consecutive Weeks

Fed Cattle Hit Record Highs for Two Consecutive Weeks

Greg Henderson

AG Web

Cash fed cattle prices eclipsed last week’s all-time record by posting gains of $3 to $4 per hundredweight this week. Packers came into the market early and often this week in an attempt to fill orders.

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Webinar Considers Herd Expansion

Webinar Considers Herd Expansion

Wes Ishmael

BEEF

Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University livestock economist, will offer perspective on the prospect of herd expansion in 2014 as part of the hour-long, quarterly Beef Cattle Economics Webinar Nov. 5.

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Stevens County ranch has the Belgian Blues

Stevens County ranch has the Belgian Blues

AMY BICKEL

Garden City Telegram

Across these prairie pastures in southwest Kansas, the Kinsers’ cattle graze — but not the typical ones most see along Kansas roadways. These animals are chiseled like body builders. Their massive muscles explode on their frames.

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FDA Releases Proposed Animal Feed Rule Under FSMA

FDA Releases Proposed Animal Feed Rule Under FSMA

Beef Producer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday announced a proposed rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act aimed at strengthening the safety of food for animals, including pet food and animal feed.

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State eyes regional economic impact from cattle losses

State eyes regional economic impact from cattle losses

Lura Roti

Butte County Post

Three weeks after the Oct. 4 and 5 disaster, the economic impact on ranchers and their families – like the livestock death toll – remains a climbing estimate.

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The latest on bull selection

The latest on bull selection

The Wichita Eagle

A herd bull is a key investment for cattle producers and several factors come into consideration when deciding on which one is best for an operation, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.

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Cattle Rustling Up in California as Beef Prices Rise

Cattle Rustling Up in California as Beef Prices Rise

KOLO

Greg Lawley, chief of the state’s Bureau of Livestock Identification, said 1,317 head of cattle were stolen or reported missing last year. He told the Sacramento Bee that it’s a 22 percent increase from pre-recession numbers.

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New weed control tech

New weed control tech

Calvin Daniels

Yorkton This Week

While farmers work hard each year to maximize yields, yields ultimately impacted by nature more than most things producers do, one thing remains constant, weeds grow under just about every condition conceivable.

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BQA Gains Momentum

BQA Gains Momentum

Greg Henderson

Beef Today

"I’m not a philanthropist," is how Dee Griffin, DVM, remembers Ladd Hitch describing why he wanted his cattle feeding customers to apply the principles of beef quality assurance (BQA).

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