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Young farmers visit Canberra to provide youth lens on agriculture | The Land

As a member of the Young Farmers’ Council (representing the Future Farmers Network), I had the pleasure of joining Martin Murray (representing NSW Young Farmers), Jamie Pepper (representing Sheep Producers Australia) and Justin Blair (representing Canegrowers) in Canberra where we also had the opportunity to meet with a long list of Parliamentarians including Murray Watt, […]

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Drought impacts and outlook | Beef Magazine

Drought conditions have wrecked havoc on cattle producers in varying locations and times over the past 2 years. The current drought conditions are some of the most widespread that we’ve seen over this period with about 80 percent of the continental U.S. experiencing at least the lowest level of drought (D0). As shown in the […]

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Purchased hay: The extra costs

Winter is finally here and for some, dry weather has resulted in a lower than desired hay inventory.  While we can reduce demand by adjusting rations or selling animals, purchasing hay may be the best option to fill in a feed gap.  Most of the time, purchased hay is hauled in and fed without issue.  […]

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Learn to cut costs, increase performance at beef conference

For 38 years, the 3-State Beef Conference has provided beef cattle producers in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska an annual update on current and critical cow-calf and stocker topics affecting producers in the three-state area. This year, the program will focus on the seemingly little things that can make a big difference in cattle performance and […]

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5 Trending headlines in beef industry

The mysterious deaths of cattle in Colorado, drought conditions and a rabid cow in South Carolina causes chaos—all this and more in this week’s headlines news. North Texas was labeled as abnormally dry or in a drought until late November, but the Drought Monitor’s new map from last week shows improvement across the region.The recent […]

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