Features
Expansion signals
Higher prices and increased profitability should spur expansion of the national herd. But will they? Corn prices may hold the key.
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Chasing efficiency ... and performance
Feed efficiency, justifiably, is a hot trend in genetic selection but should be measured in the context of overall profitability.
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Expanding the genetic toolbox
In just a few short years, the field of DNA testing in cattle has evolved from covering just a few markers for a few traits to over 50,000 markers for a suite of traits.
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Now more than ever
Spring deworming always was a good idea, but today’s cattle prices make it look like easy money.
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Volatility vs. opportunity
Higher initial costs and volatile commodity markets make stocker grazing programs risky, yet opportunities for good profits exist.
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Bumper-to-bumper calf protection
Take steps now for a healthy payoff on sale day.
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Forage fortune telling
Late winter is a good time to assess and project forage production, and develop grazing plans for the upcoming season.
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Eating for two
A cow's nutrition during the final weeks of pregnancy affects her calf's health and performance, and her ability to breed back.
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Feeding greener
Feedyards continue to apply new ideas and technology for reducing their environmental footprint.
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Profits with caution
Analysts raise concern over declining cow herd as profitability strengthens.
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Best Producer Innovations
Creative and ingenuous can both be used to describe winners of the Drovers 2010 Profit Tips Contest.
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- Some South Dakota livestock auctions entering the digital world
- Wet U.S. Midwest sections may lead to fewer corn acres
- U.S. revises meat-labeling rules to satisfy WTO ruling
- Where’s the rain? Parched states can’t shake the drought
- Grass tetany possible this spring
- Weekly U.S. beef sales roar back on purchases by Japan
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
