NEWS

Many beef producers rely on corn silage to develop cost-effective, high-quality rations. Proper timing of harvest and storage management has a big impact on the success of feedstuff quality throughout the winter months and into the spring.

Heat stress – does it matter? It could cause loss of productivity in the form of lost pregnancies, reduced feed efficiency and gains while potentially increasing sickness and possible death loss. In those terms, it certainly can matter a lot. Heat stress is going to happen to some degree.

The 2019 beef production forecast was reduced marginally from the previous month to 27.2 billion pounds as expected fourth-quarter production more than offset a slight increase in expected second-quarter production.

Time is running out for lawmakers wanting to see the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ratified in 2019.

Several barriers stand in the way of the USMCA successfully being ratified, a big one being Democrat concerns about the labor conditions and environmental and enforcement provisions of the USMCA.

According to a recent Progressive Cattle online poll, flies are the biggest pain in July.