Dealing with cold stress in cattle
When temperatures plunge into the single digits and the winds howl, people pile on the outerwear and look for warm food and beverages to help ease the chill.
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Feeder cattle review: Feeders sink lower
Due to feed and water shortages, producers have been selling cattle ahead of schedule for well over a year and many have now gotten down to those that are just about to be born.
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Canada cattle report: Canadian feeder prices ease lower
Light to moderate trade developed last week with weighted average prices $0.75-1.25/cwt lower than the previous week.
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Write it down: Record keeping for the stocker producer
Most beef producers have heard the phrase “you can’t improve what you don’t measure” over and over again, but many producers still haven’t taken advantage of how record keeping can improve their profitability.
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Management practices for added value in market calves
Lack of forage and increased input costs for beef producers continue as we move ahead in 2013.
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U.S. hay production and supplies record low
Two years of drought have taken a huge toll on U.S. hay production. In the recently released USDA Annual Crop Production Summary, total U.S. hay production in 2012 was 120 million tons, down nearly 18 percent from the 2006-2010 average. This is the lowest U.S. hay production total in data going back to 1974.
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Feeder cattle review: Cattle market encounters hurdles
The tight-supply driven joy ride that cattle markets have enjoyed recently in the face of severe feed shortages and the struggling economy encountered hurdles in its path this past week.
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Cattle Outlook: Beef packers struggle with surplus capacity
The big news this week was Cargill’s announcement that they would close their Plainview, Texas cattle slaughter plant on February 1.
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Canada cattle report: Canadian cattle demand soft post-holiday
Post-holiday demand was soft again last week making cash cattle marketing a challenge. The Canfax average steer and heifer price closed the week at $116.50/cwt and $115.50/cwt respectively, down $1.00-1.50 from the previous week.
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New or expanding livestock operations need to assess water needs
Producers who plan to start or expand a livestock operation need to think about water before moving forward.
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BeefTalk: An evolving beef industry
The beef industry is evolving, and so are beef cattle. This is the time of year when producers buy bulls, and every bull that is turned out to cows contributes to the evolving beef industry.
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- Commentary: New rules un-COOL
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
- NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
