URBANA - Feed costs represent over half the total cost in a cow-calf production system. The majority of feed costs are from feeding cows during the winter season when most grasses are dormant. As a ...

Given the less than desirable haying conditions we saw this year, (few producers got their second cutting put up without being rained on at least once), a question cattle producers may have is: “What ...

Before deciding whether to feed canola meal to cattle, we first need to understand what it brings to the table.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Despite some exceptionally cold temperatures this winter, Jared Luhman, a cow-calf producer at Dry Creek Farms in Goodhue, Minnesota, was able to enjoy a relatively average year of ...

I started this winter on a good note after passing my recent TB test. It was a six-month test, and it’s now over two years since I first got the phone call that a bullock had shown a TB lesion in the ...

Winter is coming, and selecting an economical supplement to complement forages during the cold months should be on producers’ minds. Input costs are everything in the farm and ranch industry right now ...

The American beef cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1973, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting the total herd at 86.7 million in January, one of the lowest inventories since the ...

The cattle market moves in cycles, usually lasting nine to 10 years. The current cycle is already in its 12 th year, including its seventh year of contraction, the longest since the 1990-2004 cycle.