The goal is no longer to produce a replacement heifer, but simply to increase the likelihood of conception and to get the cow back into lactation sooner. The resulting crossbred dairy-beef calf, ...
The January 1, 2023, Cattle inventory report included a beef cow herd of 28.9 million head, down 3.6 percent year over year and the smallest beef cow total since 1962. More importantly going forward, ...
Zeb Gray, Technical Feedlot Specialist for Diamond V. Gray, who has deep roots in beef production, from the cow-calf phase through post-harvest meat science, said the practice is changing the ...
Last September, Brazil halted beef exports to China due to reports of two “atypical” cases of mad cow disease, a move contemplated in the sanitary protocols between the two countries. China ...
has been made clear with the country's agriculture leaders confirming the aim is to import an extra two million head of dairy and beef cattle in the next five years. Shan Goodwin steers ACM’s ...
A single cow in Mexico and a pest the size of a housefly have held up pens full of Texas-bound cattle worth millions of dollars for the past six weeks. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ...
and there’s good days ahead for cattle producers. Wilkinson agrees, “I am more optimistic for 2024 25 and 26 than I have been in anytime and in my involvement in the beef industry, because ...
Since cattle imports were cut off in November, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and some ranchers worry about the ban’s economic impact on beef producers and consumers. Audio recording ...