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October 25, 2024

McDonald’s has beef with the ‘big four’

October 11, 2024

McDonald’s has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. meat industry’s major beef processors and their subsidiaries for alleged price fixing.

New product rollout for November 2024

October 21, 2024

The November new product rollout includes items from DewEze, Ranchbot and more.

Is new monitoring technology right for your operation?

Precision livestock farming is the same premise as precision agriculture, with emphasis on using individual animal-level data to make better decisions. The goal is to allow producers to more efficiently and accurately assess animal care needs, resulting in better outcomes for their cattle and a positive impact to their bottom line.

October 18, 2024

Jason Nickell

The term, “precision agriculture” is oftentimes associated with row crop farming, but what if gathering critical data to inform decision-making could be applied to your cow-calf operation or feedlot?

Will a technology specialist soon fill a position on your ranch?

Technological advances are steadily making their way further into the livestock production sector. Due to the speed of innovation, they’re not always simple and easy to understand or employ. Will this trend require a new and unique staff position?

October 4, 2024

Bruce Derksen

“Help wanted: Full-time, farm-based IT and technology specialist.” Will technology’s rapid advancement drive these types of advertisements in the near future?

Beef industry fringe players earn their seat at the table

It takes many critical roles to keep the industry strong and thriving. Some vital examples might act from the shadows, but their contributions are real and valuable.

September 16, 2024

Bruce Derksen

If the local farming community’s coffee row were surveyed about the beef industry’s major players, the rancher, feedlot operator and packing plants would likely dominate responses.

Surface protection in natural resource leases

The ownership of the surface estate and the ownership of the mineral estate can be severed. As natural resource production ramps up across the nation, more and more cattle producers are feeling the impact. Learn how to protect your rights.

July 30, 2024

Jordan Simmons Hayes

If you own or lease any amount of rural land for livestock or crop production, then you have likely encountered obstacles arising from the division of the surface and mineral estates and the impact that can have on your use of the land.

For the love of Wagyu

ABN Ranch making an impact in the Red Wagyu business.

October 21, 2024

Abigail George

Al Nessinger first fell in love with his wife, Bev, as a kid, growing up across the road from each other in San Martin, California. They sat next to each other on the school bus and helped each other with farm chores.

Optimizing cow-calf production on rangelands

A lot of things can have an impact on the efficiency of your cow herd. But producers can boost cattle efficiency and profitability with strategic probiotic solutions.

October 9, 2024

Melissa Jolly-Breithaupt

Ranchers are constantly striving to maximize the productivity of their native rangeland, as raising and selling heavy and healthy calves is key to profitability. Helping producers enhance calf weight gain while maintaining the optimum body condition of the cow herd is critical to keeping operations profitable.

Top 4 things you should look for in a manual cattle chute

Keeping some critical characteristics in mind when selecting a manual chute can help take the confusion out of the decision-making process.

October 7, 2024

Kaydence Michalsky

Selecting the right manual cattle chute for your operation can be a daunting task. It’s an important decision that will affect the efficiency, safety and overall success of your operation.

Boost cattle performance with plant genius

Botanical products aren’t exactly new, but the industry has really only scratched the surface of what these technologies can do for livestock nutrition.

October 2, 2024

Emma Wall and David Bravo

It has been nearly 15 years since we wrote our first press article on the use of “herbs and spices” in cattle. Where have we been and what have we learned? What does the future hold for this technology? And most importantly, how do you decide what the value is for your cattle?

What’s one more worth? Prebiotic tools’ pivotal role in herd health

Calves are worth more than ever before. Investing even just a little more in their health can pay big dividends when sale time rolls around.

October 7, 2024

Chris Cassady

A new era of calf prices begs the question: What’s one more worth? An extra weaned calf can be a result of improved reproductive success in conjunction with reducing morbidity and death loss.

Dr. Brassica and Mr. Hyde

Many cattle producers are now planting brassicas as forages and cover crops. These are great annual forages, but they can include a couple of “gotchas” that cattlemen should be aware of.

October 3, 2024

Woody Lane

Lots of farmers and ranchers are planting the new hybrid varieties of forage brassicas and other plants in the cabbage family. With their high levels of protein and energy, these forage brassicas show fast emergence and rapid regrowth, and they can give consistently high yields with multiple grazings, even in the face of water stress and cold stress.

Addressing a beef cow herd’s needs during winter

Providing safe and comfortable accommodations and plentiful feed and water sources is critical to helping the herd maintain condition and performance over the winter.

October 24, 2024

J. Benton Glaze

The way in which beef producers manage the tasks of "housing" and watering and feeding their cattle during the winter will have a significant impact on the productivity and profitability of the herd.

Starter cattle immunity

When calves first arrive at the feedlot or backgrounding facility, their immune systems are at a low point. Taking care to get them back to full immune health is key to long-term health and productivity.

September 12, 2024

Craig Belknap

Ensuring the health and productivity of starter cattle is a complex challenge. One of the critical aspects of managing this is understanding and supporting their immune systems, especially during the stressful transition from pasture to backgrounder or feedlot.

History in the making

The National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas, uses the cattle industry’s history to help the public better understand – and trust – where their food comes from.

October 25, 2024

Tyrell Marchant

The cowboy is one of the most romantic, enduring figures in the American consciousness, right up there with astronauts, muscle cars and George Washington. However, somewhere along the line, a disconnect grew in the minds of the public between the 1,000-mile cattle drives of the 19th century and modern beef production.

Decreasing temperature, increasing lice

Cattle with hair loss, an unthrifty appearance, and leaving hair on fences and other objects from rubbing may be a sign of lice infestation. The impact of cattle lice can range from reduced weight gain to animal mortality and everything in between.

September 2, 2024

Dave Boxler

Five species of lice parasitize cattle in the U.S. Four of these are blood feeders, and the fifth is a biting or chewing louse. Cattle with hair loss, an unthrifty appearance, and leaving hair on fences and other objects from rubbing may be a sign of lice infestation.

Building a new breed: The American Black Hereford

It’s been 25 years since Joe and Norma Hoagland bred the first Black Hereford cattle. This breed has grown in popularity and number of animals. Beef producers raise them in 30 U.S. states and in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Learn more about the challenges of building a new breed.

October 15, 2024

Gilda V. Bryant

In the early 1980s, producers who raised Herefords and other breeds with red hides were hit with a significant discount at feedyards and sale barns.

Why respiratory vaccines seem to fail

Effective cattle management, vaccine selection, timing and nutrition are necessary for cattle respiratory vaccines to be effective. When coupled with realistic expectations, vaccination of cattle for BRD can be greatly beneficial and rewarding.

October 10, 2024

Richard Linhart

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD), or pneumonia, is the most common cause of death in cattle over 4 months old. Many different commercial vaccines are available for protection against organisms that cause BRD, but sometimes cattle get BRD even when they are vaccinated.

Irons in the Fire: The bounty at your feet

October 31, 2024

Paul Marchant

The late-afternoon shadows of early fall cast by the sinking sun in the west were growing longer as I at last urged the final stragglers of the 50 or so cows out of the bottom of the draw.

Across the Fence: Longevity

Breaking into the agricultural community can be a challenge. Taking an ag newbie under your wing is the one of the surest ways to make sure this industry lasts.

October 17, 2024

Marci Whitehurst

I’ve shared before how we started: five unwanted cows and a Kmart corral. It was nothing to write home about, but we grew slowly on rented ground. It wasn’t easy. But do you know what the hardest part of the journey was? Breaking into the agricultural community as newbies.

My cup runneth over

November 1, 2024

Tyrell Marchant

Election Day, as I’m sure you’ve heard, is coming up. Responsible citizen that you are, I’m sure it’s been on your mind. It’s been on mine, too.

South Central: Tips for reducing the impacts of winter weather

October 22, 2024

Jason Banta

There are several strategies that producers can use to help reduce the negative effects of winter weather on cattle and help ensure feed resources are used efficiently.

West: What to feed the cows when there is no feed

October 23, 2024

Tyler O'Donnell

Fire season has walloped much of the Mountain West, with an estimated 1,980,108 acres across the U.S. burned as of the end of September.

Midwest/North: What is overgrazing?

October 23, 2024

Travis Meteer

Now is a great time to evaluate your pastures and develop strategies to improve grazing days for next year. Feed may be less expensive this year, but it won’t stay that way.

Southeast: The nutritional roller coaster

October 22, 2024

Katie Mason

I recently heard an interesting analogy: Not testing your hay can put your cows on a nutritional roller coaster. While some may enjoy the thrill of a roller coaster and the anticipation of the next flip or turn, for cattle nutrition and the rumen environment, slow and steady is the way to go.

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