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What do increased grain prices mean for backgrounders?
Backgrounding and stocker enterprises are tight-margin industries. This time of year, we receive several questions regarding supplementing cows and calves. Often, I must ask what feeds are available...
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Build a place where wildlife, livestock can coexist
Outdoors: Grazing adds weight to cattle, and it brings back wildlife. This spring, the calls of bobwhite quail and dozens of other bird species will be heard across the 2,885-acre Woodson Wildlife...
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Arctic conditions deliver frigid blow to Texas ag
Texas Crop and Weather Report – Feb. 17, 2021 Arctic weather conditions that blanketed the state with snow, ice and frigid temperatures is damaging Texas agriculture crops in a historic way, according...
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Battling through the winter storm
Texas A&M AgriLife offers information to aid in survival, recoveryTemperatures across the state should start rising soon, but damage from the recent winter storm will linger in the form of broken...
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4 factors that will influence fall profits
What needs to go right now for a profitable harvest? My family runs a dairy and beef herd in Northwest Illinois. Every spring, my dad claims he isn’t worried about planting and there’s some truth to...
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Unprecedented cold disastrous for farmers
Broiler house roofs collapse in Mississippi from snow and ice, Oklahoma ranchers busy thawing waterers. By Michael Hirtzer, Isis Almeida and Kim ChipmanIn Arkansas, ranchers are fitting pantyhose over...
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Beef industry weathering mid-February snowstorm
The full impact of subzero temperatures, loss of electricity and frozen pipes not yet known. At this time, consumers are not likely to experience any sudden spike in beef prices brought on by...
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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - Feb. 19, 2021
USDA releases acreage forecast, farmer protests continue in India and winter storm wrecks havoc across farm country. Missed some agricultural news this week? Here's seven stories to catch you up.1....
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When youth work with dairy cattle, remember safety first
Dairy Program: Be prepared for unpredictable behavior when working cattle. The best compliment a parent can have is when their children follow in their footsteps. The child’s desire may be to pitch in...
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New NPPA president anxious to get back to promoting pork
Being prepared for what may come is a good place to start. Editor’s note: This is the first article in a two-part series of interviews with Shana Beattie, Beattie Family Farms, Sumner, Neb., who is...
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Record beef, pork, broiler production forecast for 2021
Overall, meat exports are important across all sectors leading to forecasted higher prices. Despite a challenging 2020, the livestock industry was actually able to pivot and turn things around, ramp...
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Family hog farm adjusts amid COVID-19 pandemic
Monitoring growth diets and spreading out marketing periods helped deal with the challenges. Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series of interviews with Shana Beattie, Beattie...
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Smithfield-Murphy Brown’s loss: One judge got it right
Judge Agee’s dissent in this court case loss should be read by all lawyers defending large-scale livestock farms. One of the three circuit judges in the Smithfield Murphy-Brown court case loss...
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I'll gladly take my meat from the hoof
“Farm to fork” has a better ring to it than “lab to fork.” Competition is always good. However, livestock producers are finding space in the meat case is becoming even more crowded. Beef, pork and...
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Illinois Performance Tested bull sale this Thursday
Nearly 40 head of performance-tested bulls are up for sale this Thursday in Macomb, Ill.; check out all the links for catalogs, testing and more. The 53rd Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale is...
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China planning for hog herd recovery by mid-year
Harsher-than-normal winter, new disease outbreaks could disrupt ambitious timeline. By Bloomberg NewsChina’s farm ministry is touting a complete recovery in pig numbers from the ravages of African...
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Cattle farmers facing snow and ice storms’ impact
Cattle were already requiring more energy to maintain body weight and produce milk. The latest round of winter snow and ice is over, but farmers are now dealing with longer lasting impacts to cattle....
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Thorne recognized for sheep reproduction genetic research
American Society of Animal Science awards grant for work on litter multiplesThe Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Jake Thorne, a sheep and goat associate based in San Angelo, has been...
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The most wonderful time of the year
Sharing my experiences as a part of Little I. If you’re involved in the livestock industry or agriculture programming at NDSU, you’ve probably heard of Saddle and Sirloin and the Little International...
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Manure management comment period set to close
Comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. on March 1. The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is seeking public comments on recommendations for...
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