While Nebraska hay production has improved since 2022 (see Figure 1), proactively planning hay needs this fall, winter, and ...

About a year ago, I shared our group’s work to evaluate and update estimates of feed intake for beef cows. One of the popular sources for feed intake estimates is a table published by Hibberd and ...

With rising input costs, many cow-calf producers are looking for ways to reduce expenses and improve profitability. Because ...

Jack Daniel's ends cow feeder program, which provides cheap cattle feed, forcing Tennessee farmers to sell herds as costs to maintain the cattle rise. Spectrum launches bold new offer as cable TV ...

CHICAGO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose for a second straight session on Monday, supported by technical buying and as beef prices turned higher after a month-long ...

The feeder reads an animal’s ID tag to give each animal its allocated ration. Each time the animal steps into the feeder, it is weighed and the daily liveweight gain is recorded in software which the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — While grain markets across the nation are struggling with prices, cattle seems to be the new golden goose of the market, according to ranchers and the cattlemen’s ...

Cattle at the Griffieon Family Farm in Iowa. (USDA photo) Cattle numbers in feedlots are down this year, but the number is still high enough to suggest that producers are selling off heifers rather ...

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher with some instances of 12.00 to 15.00 higher on some lighter weight calves. Demand was good to very good. As a whole the cash markets ...

If you didn’t make hay, what could you do instead? Carson Roberts, Missouri extension state forage specialist, says the consensus in the beef industry is making your own hay is the cheapest way to ...

Live Cattle futures closed the Monday session with contracts clipping back another 25 to 72 cents. Cash trade pulled back last week with $236 ($376 dressed) reported in the north, down $4-6 and ...

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Good to very good demand for all weights with fewer feeder cattle offered in the auctions this week as normal for this time of year.