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Even with drought and high input costs putting pressure on beef cattle inventory throughout the U.S., the market outlook is positive over the next several years, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialist...More

The market for natural and organic beef products, currently at $350 million annually, could grow to over $1 billion within the next five years, attendees at a recent grass-fed beef conference were told...More

Beef producers wanting to optimize forage and livestock production while conserving natural resources should attend the southern Iowa Greenhorn Grazing series. Iowa State University (ISU) Extension beef program specialist Joe Sellers says five day-long events are set for May through November...More

Producers facing flooding and tornado damage need to be on guard for symptoms that cattle have ingested metal storm debris, or for the development of the bacterial infection blackleg, warns Tom Troxel, University of Arkansas animal scientist...More

Danny Biglieni is good at juggling. The Republic, MO, farmer backgrounds up to 1,000 steers at a time – rotationally grazing 60- to 90-head herds on primarily rented pastures. He also watches the cattle market, hedge-selling via video within a week of buying, while managing mixed-grass pastures to produce well-fed, shiny-coated cattle for a tidy profit...More

Spreading manure on farm fields from now until the ground thaws comes with a very high risk of runoff, warns Dennis Frame, co-director of the University of Wisconsin-Discovery Farms Program...More

Preliminary results from a forage-test cost-share project indicate that much of the hay being fed to Iowa beef cows is low in quality, says Denise Schwab, Iowa State University (ISU) beef specialist...More

Mixing wet distillers grains with low-quality hay or straw for cattle grazing rangeland may be a way to increase stocking rates without hurting animal performance, say University of Nebraska researchers...More

Heavy spring rains and late-summer drought were the perfect storm for the forage issues that now plague Indiana’s beef producers...More

Kentucky livestock producers need to inventory their hay supplies now to ensure they have enough to last through the winter. If they find they’re short, buying additional hay now can save them a lot of headaches later...More

For less than $7, a cow-calf producer may be able to stave off a variety of potential problems in his or her cow herd...More