Canada cattle report: Sales volumes in Canada up 26%
The beef marketing chain remains stagnant with Canadian cattle inventories comfortably long bought by packers on both sides of the border.
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Feeder cattle review: Improved weather prompts grass fever
Compared to the last good test which was actually three weeks ago as two major snowstorms limited commerce throughout most major cattle production areas, feedlot replacements sold weak to 5.00 lower.
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Canada cattle report: Canada’s auction volumes surged last week
In light of stronger US fed prices, local packer procurement remained disciplined. The Canfax average steer and heifer prices closed the week at $116.00/cwt and $115.50/cwt respectively, up generally $1.50 from the previous week.
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Ten ideas to improve your herd’s cattle health this year
Like in any other part of our cattle operations, resolving to do some things better for the health programs we have on our beef cattle operations might pay us dividends.
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NCBA Audio: The effect of a furlough on livestock producers
NCBA's Vice President of Government Affairs Colin Woodall discusses the hearing held by the House Agriculture Committee in which USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack testified, answering questions about the sequestration cuts.
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Déjà vu all over again in the grain market
Whether you realized it or not, last Thursday was a pretty big day in the grain market. On that day, the last day of February, the price discovery period for Corn Belt corn and soybean crop insurance ended. Now we know for certain the price guarantee that is available on these crops in the key Midwest growing region. The planting price available on Revenue Protection (RP) insurance for corn this year is $5.65. The RP planting price on soybeans is $12.87.
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Blizzards challenge even the most experienced cattlemen
Cow/calf producers relentlessly study available research that focuses on production data targeting increased efficiencies and performance in their operations.
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Cattle and beef markets find some footing
Cattle and beef markets weakened throughout January and February as a combination of weak demand and looming drought weighed heavily on feeder, fed and boxed beef markets. Beef demand has no doubt been negatively impacted by a series of storms, dating back to Hurricane Sandy, which impacted population centers in the northeast.
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Cattle nutrition: Added enzymes reduce costly bloat losses
A Texas A&M AgriLife Research animal nutritionist is trying to decrease the severity of frothy bloat, the major non-pathogenic cause of death and reduced performance in cattle grazing hard red winter wheat in the southern Great Plains.
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Structural changes to the cattle feeding industry
USDA’s report indicated that the total capacity of the 1,000+ head feedyards was 16.9 million head on January 1, 2013, a decline of 100,000 head since January 1, 2012.
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Feeder cattle review: Another snow storm limits auction numbers
Compared to last week, feeder cattle and calf markets were not fully tested due to the second severe winter storm to hit many areas of the Southern Plains and the Midwest in less than a week.
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- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
