LIVE CATTLE
Trade volume was light to moderate Monday and Tuesday. Since Friday’s close April Live Cattle are up $2.45 as it nears closer to cash. Last week, cash cattle in the Southwest traded $184.00 and cash cattle in the...
It’s no secret that calving time draws extra attention to keeping pathogens out of pens, but it’s also a time when there are more opportunities for them to come in.
On the latest episode of the Simply Verified Beef podcast,...
Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
As calving season gets underway for Canadian beef cattle producers, an abundance of sleepless nights can be expected to come with it. Cows will be calving around the clock, leaving little leeway if anything...
Source: National Cattlemen's Beef Association news release
When asked what concerns me most for our industry's future, one of the first things that comes to mind is the threat of a foreign animal disease outbreak on U.S. soil. This is...
USDA reports weekly slaughter statistics for different classes of cattle. Beef cow slaughter this year through 28 weeks totals 1.56 million head. Beef cow slaughter has been historically high in the previous two years. During the same period, beef...
You don’t have to tell people who make their living from the land that treating it poorly is just bad business. Ranchers have been leading conservation efforts for generations. Yet, you’d have to have had your head in the...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Producers who background and finish beef cattle have learned a lot over the past quarter-century thanks to research, including acquiring a better understanding of how nutrition plays into maintaining the health of the animals...
