Many crop producers are concerned that trampling from cattle grazing corn residue negatively affects crop yields. But when grazed at proper st…
SDSU Extension agronomist Sara Bauder has been getting a lot of questions on prussic acid. Those concerns, along with the rising costs of fert…
Allowing for alfalfa to winterize before dormancy is a key factor preventing winter kill across a stand.
A group of visionaries from various companies saw a gap in the meat processing industry and came together to fix it.
“For our food system to be truly competitive, Congress has to stop big meatpackers’ deception and protect honest producers and consumers.”
By late fall, much of the Midwest is a pleasing landscape of dry, harvested corn fields. It makes for a bucolic rural scene on highway drives.…
The Masters of Beef Advocacy program managed by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, launched updated adv…
When is silage ready to be opened? Often, it comes down to when producers need feed – not necessarily when the silage is at its peak. Here are…
A team of research faculty and students at South Dakota Mines has been tracking salinity content in 70 stock dams across 12 watersheds in two …
As South Dakota continues to see warmer than average temperatures and limited rainfall, many producers across the state are planning to harves…
Agricultural producers impacted by drought can now request haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres in certain Nebraska …
The 2021 Nebraska Grazing Conference is back as an in-person event after going virtual in 2020 due to the challenges of COVID-19. This year’s …
The 2021 Cattle Industry Convention will hit all the right notes when country music stars, inspirational speakers and hot topics converge in N…
South Dakota is one of the first states to make an effort to connect livestock owners with landowners for grazing opportunities.
"If you take a high-starch feed like that and overfeed them, you can make a horse very excitable or crazy,” Dr. Jyme Nichols said during an in…
Although there may not be a big red and white striped tent, a ringmaster wearing a top hat or any elephants, rest assured because there will b…
The North American Limousin Junior Association plans to host “The American Showdown” National Junior Limousin Show and Congress in Grand Islan…
Flies are much more than a nuisance. Their economic impact can reach deep into a cattleman’s pockets.
The Governor’s Charity Steer Show will return to the Iowa State Fairgrounds this fall.
With a number of challenges facing producers coming into the summer grazing season, Jeff Clark, a market development specialist in Alberson, W…
“Optimizing animal comfort will maximize animal productivity."
Just as agricultural economists advise beef producers to follow a risk management strategy when it comes to cattle marketing, those same princ…
Kelly Anderson has been hooking up farmers and cattle producers for four years. No, she doesn’t work for FarmersOnly.com.
Bovine respiratory disease can be a challenge for all stocker operations as they try to raise healthy productive calves. However, there is no …
Nebraska and Iowa lawmakers gave unanimous approval to bills that assist small meat processors and livestock producers as they work to clear o…
The Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, Iowa Beef Industry Council and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation are excited to support the new Veterinary Dia…
Last time we looked at the impact moisture has on a hay analysis and how the dry and as received values are used to develop and feed a ration.…