Reducing stress at branding time
Branding of livestock has served as an important method of permanent identification for thousands of years.
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Prevent injury when working cattle this spring
Lots of cattle will be worked or “chuted” this spring and several producers will be injured due being careless, working the cattle to rapidly, and having their mind “somewhere else.”
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Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop
A hay shortage is looming for producers in the Upper Midwest after a cold spring hit the region’s alfalfa crop hard.
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How often can cattle feeders hedge a profit with futures?
Twenty years of data from 1993-2012 were analyzed to determine the percent of trading days during calf and yearling feeding periods that live cattle futures (LCF) – adjusted for an expected basis – were above the cost of producing fed cattle.
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Poor forage conditions a big challenge
Early May provides the first look at the forage conditions facing the beef cattle industry in 2013.
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Adding value to cull cows
Often times, marketing and increasing value of cull cows are overlooked by producers.
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Look back at calving season and start to make improvements now
Only 1 to 2 months ago the spring calving cows were calving, the temperatures were colder and the calving pastures were covered with muck and manure.
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Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
USDA projections indicate optimism for the agriculture industry.
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Superior Livestock Auction purchased by National Livestock
National Livestock Credit and cattlemen from several states have formed a limited partnership to acquire Superior Livestock Auction, Inc.
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Livestock press reports range from concealment to engagement
During the last week we ran across a number of articles that present different approaches by those in the livestock industry to the animal welfare issue: concealment, obfuscation, engagement.
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Caution in hiring
As radical groups have adopted the practice of sending operatives out to seek employment in agriculture, employers need to use due diligence in screening and hiring applicants.
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- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Schwieterman: Cattle futures end week with sharp losses
- Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
