Episode Description
This week Dana and Dr. Peel come together to discuss the economics of heifer retention and herd expansion. This is chock full of discussion about what is going on behind the scenes of the cattle industry with prices...
US and the World
It is that time of year again across the great North American corn belt. It is early but harvest is starting almost everywhere. In the United States USDA has estimated as of September 8th 5% of...
Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) plans to use its upcoming district meetings, running from October 21 to November 5, to reopen discussions on establishing a livestock inspection service in the province. Manitoba is the only province in Canada without such...
Source: University of Missouri
“Proper heifer development is key to a successful cattle herd and profitable operation,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. As herds rebuild from drought or old cow turnover due to favorable prices,...
Source: Bushel
Bushel, an independently-owned software technology company that provides industry-leading digital tools for the agricultural supply chain, announced the wide availability of an integration with AgVision, a Cultura company. This integration includes seamless, real-time account access to help both...
McDonald’s has filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill, National Beef Packing, and other major meat processors, accusing them of colluding to limit beef supplies in order to inflate prices. The lawsuit claims that starting in 2015, these...
Source: USDA news release
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced multiple steps to deliver on the President's Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy to promote fair and competitive markets for American farmers and ranchers, and...
Source: National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Today, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) released a report analyzing data collected in a nationwide tax survey of America's cattle producers. With the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire at the...
Source: FCC
Canadian cultivated farmland values rose by an average of 5.5% in the first half of 2024 (Table 1). Over the year from July 2023 to June 2024, there was a 9.6% increase, representing a slowdown compared to the previous...
Source: National Cattlemen’s Foundation
The National Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF) is now accepting applications for the 2025 CME Group Beef Industry Scholarship. Ten scholarships of $1,500 each will be awarded to outstanding students pursuing careers in the beef industry.
Introduced in 1989 and sponsored...
Source: American Feed Industry Association
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and Feedstuffs named BioZyme's Stockyard plant in St. Joseph, Mo., as its 2024 Feed Facility of the Year. This prestigious award is presented annually to a feed facility demonstrating...
Source: National Library of Medicine
Abstract
There is a paucity of information from western Canadian beef cow-calf producers about how they control gastrointestinal nematodes. The objectives of this study were to describe cow-calf producers’ management practices related to control of gastrointestinal...
Source: OMAFRA
Introduction
Livestock owners and industry personnel who support their farms are genuinely concerned with the health, wellbeing and productivity of Ontario's cattle. They recognize that disease outbreaks are preventable. They adopt health management practices to prevent the introduction and/or...
The fall months are when a majority of producers across the country are selling spring-born calves or yearlings from last fall. Due to the increase in supply of calves, prices typically decline during these months. A way to show...
Source: Angus Genetics Inc. news release
Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI) facilitated a conversation for around 80 cattle breeders, beef industry professionals, researchers and academics during Imagine: AGI's Beef Genetics Forum September 25-26 in Kansas City. The program challenged the group...