Protecting the health of cattle herds is an important part of a successful plan to have a profitable and sustainable ranching operation. Besides a veterinarian’s value in diagnosing and treating ...

Kevin Good, Vice President of Industry Relations and Analysis with CattleFax, says the herd is still shrinking and so are slaughter levels and that will mean more record prices in 2025.

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There’s no doubt the U.S. cattle inventory continues to shrink. The latest numbers from USDA out this week showed the U.S. cattle inventory dropped 2% year-over-year with 87.2 million head of ...

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TEXAS – Desperate times call for desperate measures - at least that’s what Special Ranger Kenny Murchison has found to be the case in many of his cattle theft investigations. A lot of Murchison’s work ...

As a cattle feeder and commodity broker for 45 years, Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek in Sioux Center, Iowa, says he’s never seen a time like this, or even a close second, in the cattle market.

If the chute is curved it will help the cattle move easier. A chute with sloping sides will allow different sizes of cattle to be worked and still prevent turning. Solid sides up to 48 inches can ease ...

Using a pain reliever like Meloxicam should be a consideration for dairy producers. By: David Wilson, Extension Veterinarian, Utah State University Analgesia for dehorning calves has been a somewhat ...

The term "transition" refers to the process of a cow not producing milk (dry cow), calving, and then producing milk. The transition period was traditionally the three weeks before calving and the ...