The forecast for third- and fourth-quarter fed steer prices was raised $4 to $124 and $127 per cwt, respectively.
Wed August 18, 2021
The success of these small local packers depends on how durable the demand by consumers is for locally produced food sources and how durable political resolve is to support small local and regional packers.
Wed August 18, 2021
The objective of fenceline weaning is to allow social interaction between calf and dam while weaning the calves off of mother’s milk.
Wed August 18, 2021
Corn Production Lowered for 2021/22; Higher Feed Costs Expected
Tue August 17, 2021
Survey to provide insight into damage in order to inform Congress of financial impacts.
Tue August 17, 2021
The actual price of calves will be affected by numerous market factors including the size and timing of fall calf marketings
Mon August 16, 2021
OSU researchers hope to create more effective vaccines to prevent Bovine respiratory disease from taking hold.
Fri August 13, 2021
Exceptional Drought (D4) was added to MN for the first time in U.S. Drought Monitor history.
Thu August 12, 2021
For 2022, the red meat and poultry production forecast is reduced as lower expected beef production more than offsets slightly higher pork production.
Thu August 12, 2021
The Land Values 2021 Summary report, released last Friday by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, shows agricultural land values increasing at a rate not seen in nearly a decade.
Wed August 11, 2021
LRP insurance is an important tool in the toolbox for livestock producers to use in managing national market price risk.
Tue August 10, 2021
Flexible stocking is a drought-prep strategy used for hundreds of years that seems to have gone out of favor over the last few decades.
Tue August 10, 2021
Total beef exports for the January – June period in 2021 are up 21.5 percent over the first six months of 2020.
Mon August 09, 2021
Product labeling recently has come under heightened scrutiny.
Sat August 07, 2021
USDA will issue two new Market News reports based on Livestock Mandatory Reporting data that will provide additional insight into formula cattle trades and help promote fair and competitive markets.
Thu August 05, 2021
Drought in the Western U.S. is still dire, with 58.7% of the region in Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought.
Thu August 05, 2021
On the heels of a sharp two-month decline, the Agricultural Economy Barometer stabilized at a reading of 134 in July, just 3 points below a month earlier.
Wed August 04, 2021
Is that cull cow a good return in enterprise accounting?
Tue August 03, 2021
Feeding, management, and marketing needs to be evaluated prior to weaning so the best options as well as best management practices are selected.
Tue August 03, 2021
It is often said that continuous grazing can lead to pastures that are overgrazed, yet underutilized.
Tue August 03, 2021
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