NEWS

Do 700-pound calves make you more money than say, 400-pound calves? After all, we know only one of these weights will get you bragging rights at the coffee shop.

What does animal welfare mean? Take a look at any industry publication, conference agenda or panel discussion – this topic is bound to come up.

No segment of the cattle industry has been spared from the uncertainty and turmoil driven by COVID-19. However, the dynamics for the slaughter cow market have been a little different than those for the live cattle coming from feedlots that have garnered the most discussion due to plant disruptions.

Nebraska Extension, Lallemand Animal Nutrition, and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are hosting the third Silage for Beef Cattle Conference with one major change: This year, the event will be a series of four, hour-long free webinars held from July 7 through Aug. 4, 2020.

T30 scale system from Te Pari

Te Pari’s T30 scale system includes loadbars mounted under the chute, connected via an onboard Wi-Fi router to the T1 “black box” scale, which sends the reading to the T30 tablet.