Producers can reduce heat stress by providing adequate shade, proper fly control, access to water and the right choice of ...

The idea for the brush was to expand upon the results of a project Dias, Johnson and their students recently conducted that ...

Open cows are a costly problem for producers. Less cows bred and birthing a live calf means less profit in the hands of producers. Researchers continue to look at factors related to why cows are open.

Beef prices around the country have reached record highs in 2025. The average price of beef nationwide was $5.98 a pound in May, a jump from the $5.15 average in May 2024, according to the U.S ...

Heat stress occurs when the cow’s internal body temperature rises above its comfortable range and absorbs more heat than the ...

Of the 86.7 million head inventory of all cattle and calves, cows and heifers that have calved totaled 37.2 million. The number of milk cows in the U.S. increased slightly to 9.35 million. The U.S ...

Oklahoma State's Derrell Peel points out with the U.S. beef cow herd the smallest since 1961 and the all cattle inventory the lowest since 1951, it’s setting the cattle market up for higher highs.

The last, change, open, high, low and previous close for each Live Cattle Futures Future contract.

The FCA’s view reflects that of scientists Mark Howden and Richard Eckard, who told an FCA webinar in November 2023, summarised by Beef Central in this article, that the debate over methane emissions ...

Record high dew points, resulting in heat indices of 115ºF or more, have reportedly killed 1,000 cattle in Minnesota this week. Most of these animals were black coated in open feedlots. Some Minnesota ...