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STILLWATER, OK – The daily 5-Market negotiated cash fed cattle price reported on Thursday, April 6, 2023, by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, was $172.33/cwt., a new record daily fed cattle price. This was followed on Friday with a price of $175.87/cwt. The previous record daily price was $172.08/cwt. on November 26, 2014. Where do […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Scattered across South Dakota and other states are medium-sized concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). These are operations with fewer than 1,000 beef cattle, 700 diary cows, 2,500 pigs, 125,000 chickens or 55,000 turkeys. These CAFOs have been exempt from federal environmental assessments since 2016. Until now. In 2018, a coalition of animal-welfare […]
MANHATTAN, KS – Go to a family reunion and the keen observer can spot trait similarities in the way people look. Eye color, hair texture, face shape, etc. are just some of the features that tend to be passed through the generations. Just as with people, cattle also pass traits to their offspring that can […]
MANHATTAN, KS – While many are now evaluating their own post-holiday body condition and see the need to make some scale adjustments, this is also the time for cattle producers to evaluate the thinness of cows in the beef herd, said the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute. Speaking on a recent […]
BILLINGS, MT – Stockmen throughout much of the West are dealing a “grand slam” of tough events—severe drought, grasshoppers, fire and extreme heat. Trying to keep cattle healthy and well fed when there isn’t much hay or grass around, as well as keeping your business afloat, has called for hard decisions and creativity. The Montana […]
