Media
Feeder cattle review: Feeders get a boost
Compared to last week, the entire feeder cattle industry experienced the full effect of the bullish events from the Thursday before Good Friday. All weights of feeder and stocker cattle traded 3.00-10.00 higher.
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Life of a Farmer: What spring break?
The Peterson brothers are giving consumers a taste of farming reality in their latest video series, “Life of a Farmer.”
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Ground-level experience
Colorado State University student and Seedstock Team member Sean Kauffmann outlines the school’s seedstock program.
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Higher beef prices create pressure here and abroad
Mike Murphy, analyst with CattleFax, talks about beef prices both domestically and at export, and how that will impact demand this year.
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Learning from retained ownership
At the Leachman Cattle of Colorado bull sale, Wyoming rancher Mike Healy discusses the traits he looks for in bulls, combining reproductive performance on the ranch and feedyard profits.
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Five Rivers evaluates heifers
Dr. Kent Andersen, with Zoetis (formerly Pfizer Animal Health) describes how Five Rivers, the nation’s largest cattle-feeding company, is using the Angus GeneMax genomic test to evaluate a large group of heifers.
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Cow-calf corner: Twin calves
Glenn Selk advises producers on how to deal with twin calves.
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Written vs oral lease
K-State Extension Specialist Jonie James gives a talk to the Women Managing The Farm Conference on written vs. oral lease.
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Feeder cattle review: USDA reports setup banner day for cattlemen
Compared to last week, the bulk of the light offering of yearling feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher with motivation from much lower than expected placements on last week’s cattle-on-feed report.
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Documentary goes inside the World Championship Ranch Rodeo
The documentary gets up close and personal with the cowboys who give it all in the arena in hopes of earning the title of WRCA World Champions.
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Feed efficiency pays in the feedyard
Warren Weibert and his team at Decatur County Feed Yard have collected individual performance and carcass data on 185,000 cattle, showing that genetic selection for feed efficiency can dramatically impact profits.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
