The Minnesota Nutrition Conference will be held Sept. 21-22 at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato, Minnesota. Now in its 83rd year, the event is a highly regarded and well-known livestock nutrition conference in the upper Midwest. The conference delivers leading-edge, research-based knowledge to advance sustainable production of beef, dairy, poultry, and swine. This annual event […]

Each spring USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Services releases a forecast that is basically U.S. farmers’ best guess of how many acres of corn, cotton, rice, soybeans, wheat and other crops they will plant that year. Commodity analysts – and farmers – dissect the planting intentions report, pointing out its shortcomings, but, invariably, the crops get […]

Anaplasmosis is a common disease in cattle with worldwide distribution. The disease is regularly found in cattle in the state of Oklahoma. Accordingly, Anaplasmosis will occur every year within Oklahoma with some variation on the intensity of this disease usually based on the strain of Anaplasma marginale which is a bacteria that infects red blood cells and […]

With hay season in full swing, now is the time to consider the quality and quantity of your inventory. When preparing to feed hay in the winter, it is critical to understand the quality of the hay being fed and the amount of hay available. Why does it matter? Related: U.S. beef contest in Peru […]

The July Cattle Report confirmed that the cumulative effects of drought that past two years have accelerated liquidation of the beef cattle herd. The July 1 inventory of all cattle and calves was 98.8 million head, down 2.0 percent year over year.  The beef cow herd decreased by 2.4 percent year over year, a decline of […]

Protesters last week shut down operations at the Port of Oakland over a new trucking regulation that would limit independent operators. The protesters not only blocked cargo, but port workers also refused to cross truckers’ picket lines. A prolonged shutdown could have a dramatic impact on U.S. red meat exports and ag exports as a whole, U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan […]

Max Armstrong shares insight on a report noting that to recover healthy salmon populations one or more Snake River dams must be breached. While it could impact power generation, wheat growers point out such a move could impact wheat exports and have significant economic consequences. The move would also challenge meeting climate friendly goals. Max […]