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From Steve Kay, editor and publisher of Cattle Buyers Weekly. Catch a roundup of each week’s cattle-market activity every Friday afternoon! View the market review now!
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JBS-Swift Cleans up in Kentucky
JBS-Swift has agreed to pay fines of $48,000, in relation to pollution at their plant in Butchers-town Kentucky....
Bull Management and Nutrition
Proper bull management, particularly nutrition, is vital to ensure the long-term viability of the beef cattle enterprise....
November Beef Management Tips
This month, take note of these management tips for the best care to both your spring and fall calving cowherds. The following list will help you survive the winter with ease. ...
What is the Economic Impact of Infertility in Beef Cattle?
The failure of breeding females to become pregnant directly impacts the economic viability of every beef operation, yet few producers realize how infertility impacts their individual operations. ...
Maintaining Post-Weaning Animal Health
This week showed the first hint of winter for many across the Northern Plains as the first snowfall hit the ground...
Fewer Cows, Less Feed
The affects of the drought continue. The cow count must come down and the tough decisions on which cows to sell or keep must be made right now....
Tips Can Help Beef Producers Through Tough Times
With higher feed, seed, fuel and fertilizer costs, beef producers need to consider alternative approaches to feeding and managing their herds....
Should You Expand Your Cowherd?
While a traditional cowherd strategy for expansion such as buying cows will work for many producers, there are alternatives that may be more appropriate for some people. ...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
