Media
Part 1: Profitable ranching -- Not an oxymoron
Dave Pratt, president and CEO of Ranch Management Consultants, outlines the company’s Ranching for Profit School and Executive Link program.
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Farmland values: Boom or bubble?
Low interest rates and record income per acre have driven farmland values much higher over the last decade. The increase has led to concerns of a repeat of the farm crisis of the 1980s.
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Preconditioning for performance and profit
Kenny Knight, owner-manager of Knight Feedlot in Kansas, tells why pre-conditioning programs are so important.
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Drought adjustments for cattle on pasture
Keith Harmoney, beef scientist at K-State speaks at the Southern Plains Drought Summit on the adjustments needed for cattle on pasture during this drought.
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Cow-calf corner: Vaccination tips for your spring-calving herd
Glenn Selk explains how to properly give injections.
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Feeder cattle review: Market lower as uncertainty returns
Compared to last week, stocker cattle and calves sold 4.00-8.00 lower taking back most of last week’s rally with uncertainty returning to the market.
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Angus calves at auction bring record premiums
Fourteen years of auction sale calf-price data proves that Angus cattle are worth more in the marketplace.
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Meat grading: A look at the rib-eye
Casey Russell, Coal County Extension Educator, gives a brief demonstration on what to look for when grading the rib-eye area on a steer carcass.
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Cow-calf corner: Early weaning calves
Glenn Selk helps producers decide whether to early wean calves.
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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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- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
- What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
- Senate Agriculture Committee completes Farm Bill markup
