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Following the news about U.S.-Chinese trade talks is a lot like ordering Chinese food – just when you got enough, you’re seemingly hungry for more.
We seem to be savoring for updates on restoring U.S.-to-China ...
After serving frozen beef for more than four decades, McDonald’s announced it will begin making one of its signature burgers with fresh, not frozen beef by mid-2018.
The announcement, which came March ...
Prescribed burning (also called controlled burning) is a popular grassland management tool across the country. These burns, when conducted carefully, can serve to maintain and restore native grasslands, ...
Small-grain cattle grazing in the Southwest and Southern Plains states is likely being hampered by drought and wildfires. Wildfires have burned hundreds of squares miles in the panhandle of Oklahoma and ...
In the cattle industry, we’re not short of opinions. However, there is just some advice we shouldn’t take. With science, research and economics as evidence, heed caution before embracing the five myths ...
As with many questions, the answer is: “It depends.” We start our investigation to understand what it depends on by looking at two hypothetical but realistic employees.
John has worked on the ranch ...
Managing what goes into an organized ranch refrigerator is crucial when dealing with animal health. Many times, it can mean life or death, and seasoned ranchers know the importance of having the proper ...
You, as a beef producer, never want to receive a phone call that one of your beef carcasses has drug residues and is not fit for human consumption. That call implies the producer did not read the label ...
When Roy McCallister arrived on the scene of a major traffic accident involving 90 head of feeder calves, his Bovine Emergency Response Plan (BERP) training immediately kicked in.
As the threat preparedness ...
It’s that time of year again when cattle are itching to graze fresh new pastures and young calves have a newfound freedom running through green grass.
Soon herd bulls will find their place with the ...
Regardless of where the markets are at, considering the economic impact of incorporating a creep feed into your management might be the difference between getting ahead and leaving money on the table. ...
What’s the most important part of your mineral program? It may not be the brand or the formulation – but rather how you manage it.
The perfect mineral supplement probably does not exist, albeit the benefit ...
Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) is an important forage and hay crop grown primarily in the southeastern and southern Great Plains regions, although it occurs in other areas of the U.S. and world. It was ...
In 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released the eighth revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. This publication reviews the peer-reviewed scientific ...
Cover crops are a tool that can provide dual benefits – soil management and cattle feed – however, not all cover crops are suitable as a forage crop for cattle.
Some of the commonly used cover crops ...
As the first hint of green signaled spring and summer grazing would soon be here, many of us were finalizing our plans for the upcoming breeding season.
And while those plans tend to prioritize finding ...
So I was at a county 4-H leaders’ council meeting the other night. I was there on behalf of the county fair board. Seems there were some questions from leaders regarding some of the rules of the livestock ...
The newspaper photo showed them leaning into the harmony like four caroling coyotes. The caption named the pickers and said they were members of a new country singing group. It announced that they would ...
Everyone is looking forward to spring and summer rains and a good season for rangelands and pastures. But who knows with certainty what will actually occur? Uncertainty of the amount and timeliness of ...
Behind feed cost, reproductive efficiency is the second-biggest driver of profitability in the cow herd. Because of this, the importance of proper breeding season preparations cannot be overstated.
Yet ...
Breeding season is here, and several factors contribute to the success of an A.I. breeding program. Open cows impact profitability, so producers need to identify low-cost ways to maximize their A.I. pregnancy ...
I hope the grass and calves are growing strong at your operation this spring. Marketing is top priority for most producers right now, it seems. Guarding against market lows with value-added management ...
“The overwhelming reality of it all is sinking in,” said Greg Gardiner of Ashland, Kansas, in a phone interview 10 days after the Starbuck fire – which had consumed over 300,000 acres in Oklahoma and nearly ...
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