Estimating grazing rates for wheat pasture
Every year livestock producers and landowners negotiate terms to graze wheat pasture.
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Hay production experiences regional changes
Old Man Winter is lingering around much of the United States this year, helping to exaggerate the effects of limited forage supplies for beef producers.
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Near-term precipitation holds all the cards
While drought has all but disappeared in the Southeastern United States, it continues in the Central and Southern Plains and Southwestern United States, although it appears to be moderating in most areas.
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How do you define efficiency in your herd?
With cost of livestock production increasing each year, producers are continually searching for a cheaper, more efficient way to produce their product.
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Beef cow slaughter increasing
There were 29.3 million beef cows in the U.S. on January 1, 2013, 2.9% less than a year ago and more than 10% lower than the most recent peak in 2006. In fact, beef cow numbers have declined for fifteen of the last seventeen years, generating significant focus on emerging signs of growth. For the first six weeks of 2013, beef cow slaughter averaged 12% below a year ago, suggesting ranchers were beginning to signal expansion plans.
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Cattle Outlook: Beef exports slowing on stronger dollar
U.S. beef exports were down 2.5% in February compared to a year earlier. Of the top 7 destinations for beef shipments, only Canada and Hong Kong bought more U.S. beef this February than last.
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Nutrition can impact pregnancy rates in heifers and cows
How much does nutrition impact the reproductive rates of cattle? According to Dr. Rick Funston, UNL Beef Reproductive Specialist, “The nutritional status of animals is difficult to measure, and this complicates interpretation of nutrition x reproduction interactions."
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Proper injection sites to remember at calf-working time
The months of April and May are traditionally the months when “spring round-ups” take place. This is the time that large and small cow/calf operations schedule the “working” of the 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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Canada cattle report: Canadian fed prices creep higher
Fed prices crept higher following three consecutive weeks of softer prices. The Canfax average steer and heifer price closed the week at $113.75/cwt and $113.00/cwt respectively, up $0.50 from the previous week.
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Cattle Markets: Stocker cattle demand increasing
The calf market appears to have slung off any mud it had in the last week. Stocker cattle have jumped back up to the levels of two or three weeks ago, and it seems like the demand is increasing.
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- NCBA Op-Ed: EPA’s data sharing incident a debacle
- Cow-calf corner: Review calving season and make improvements
- Feeder cattle review: Feed report neutral to slightly bearish
- Cattle Outlook: Retail choice beef up 9% over past 2 years
- United States Cattle on Feed down 3 percent
- Family contribution takes reward for cattle shooting over $16k
- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- 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
