Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is leading an effort to reduce regulatory red tape to enable livestock auction market owners to invest in small meat packing operations with the introduction of the Expanding Local Meat Processing Act. The bill is a companion bill to the House’s A-Plus Act – […]
Cattle demonstrations at Husker Harvest Days offer attendees a chance to see side-by-side comparisons of cattle chutes in action, as well as being entertained along the way. “Dr. Joe” Jeffrey is back for another year as emcee of the cattle demos, moderating as handlers run cattle through the various chutes that will be put to […]
Dwindling hay supplies. Poor-quality hay. Ponds drying up. University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Elizabeth Picking has seen it all in southwest Missouri this summer. Feeding cattle has been a challenge as the effects of severe drought take hold across much of the southern part of the state. But dry conditions are not out of […]
Montana’s meat processing more than doubled in the fiscal year that ended June 30, Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office has announced. According to data collected by the state’s Department of Livestock Meat and Poultry Inspectors at state-inspected and custom exempt processing establishments, 54,431 more animals were processed in state Fiscal Year 2022 than in the same period […]
When I was a kid growing up in south Louisiana, we used to buy our square hay from a retired gentleman who lived several miles down the road. Mr. Ralph, as we called him, had a sizable herd of cows and always seemed to have a barn full of hay for sale. Anytime Daddy sent […]
The 68th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course wrapped up earlier this month after more than 80 speakers addressed the “meat and potatoes” of ranching necessary to help ranchers survive the current drought. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science hosted the event. Jason […]
Price insurance for fed cattle has been available in various forms and offered in multiple states for twenty years. Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) insurance is currently available for fed and feeder cattle. Historically there was little incentive to use LRP compared to buying put options on live cattle. In contrast, demand for LRP for feeder […]
Life has a lot to do with choices and that is true with pasture management too. I’m asked every year about mowing or clipping pastures. For most, that is an annual ritual and quite often a very justifiable management decision. The most asked question is always, “When should I clip?” My most common question in reply […]
If we woke up one day and there were no bees left, people would pay attention. Yet the steady eradication of our life-giving insects is no less horrifying, points out George McGavin. Pull back the bark of a rotting log, examine a handful of soil or simply sit quietly and gaze at the comings and […]
Max Armstrong looks at the rising number of anaerobic digesters around the country. The cost of the systems can be high, but there’s rising interest in using these systems as part of a closed loop energy and fertilizer source on the farm. Max shares the rising interest in this approach raising the value of digesters […]
2022 Sandon Glenoch Angus on-property sale topped at $36,000 to average $17,113. Click to check the original article.
New wheat master list outlines seven new wheat varieties for next season. Click to check the original article.