Brent and Kris Lowderman honored with Innovator Award
Brent and Kris Lowderman, Carthage, Ill., were presented with an American Hereford Association Innovator Award during the National Western Stock Show Hereford Carload and Pen Show Jan. 18 in Denver.
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Creamer honored as Hereford Herdsman of the Year
Jay Creamer, Waxahachie, Texas, was selected as the 2013 Hereford Herdsman of the Year at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver.
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Breeding at Spruce Mountain Ranch
During the National Western Stock Show, Mitch Rohr, chief operating officer for Spruce Mountain Ranch, describes the Colorado Angus operation.
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Hoffman, Colyer take top honors in Hereford yard show
Hoffman Herefords, Thedford, Neb., reigned victorious in the Hereford carload show on Friday, Jan. 18, during the 2013 National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver.
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Early calvers add dollars
Eric Mousel, agricultural sciences department chair at Northwest Missouri State University, talks about the advantages early-calving heifers have over later calving counterparts.
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Where's the bull business headed in 2013?
Angus producers talk about the upcoming year -- and how drought, small cow-herd numbers and the economy will impact the seedstock business.
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Bull power investment pays
Enterprise analysis puts sire contribution in perspective.
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Beef flavor satisfies consumers
What do consumers want? Great beef. A meat marketer and meat scientist talk about what it takes to satisfy them.
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Agricultural data is more important than ever
U.S. agriculture has seen tremendous changes and challenges in recent years. Unprecedented new demands for agricultural products have caused significant changes in crop production and have provoked huge impacts on livestock production. Input market shocks, dynamic global markets and drought have all contributed to volatile short term market conditions. The changes and impacts are not merely short term in nature.
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Angus improves genetic selection tools
Genomic-enhanced EPDs and $Values provide better characterization of Angus cattle.
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“Always on” for Team Beef
Cattlemen would no doubt get paid less for their product if they didn’t have dedicated foodservice distributors on their side.
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- Showers to slow U.S. corn seedings from blistering pace
- White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
- Corn market reacted poorly to the Crop Progress data
- Oil falls on concern about Federal Reserve direction
- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
