US Cattle Herd Decreases Slightly for Second Year in 2020

US Cattle Herd Decreases Slightly for Second Year in 2020

– USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) released the annual January 1 Cattle Inventory Report on January 29, 2021.  From 2013 through 2018 the US cattle herd increased.  For the second straight year, the total number of cattle in the US...
Friday Feature:  Livestock on the Land

Friday Feature: Livestock on the Land

This week’s featured video is actually the trailer for a documentary that was published by the Practical Farmers of Iowa.  Livestock on the Land is a concept not that different that the Sod-Based Rotation efforts that researchers at the University of Florida...
2021 Virtual Beef Cattle Conference Presentation Videos

2021 Virtual Beef Cattle Conference Presentation Videos

– In addition to COVID19 safety precautions, one of the real advantages of a virtual meeting is that it is very easy to record the presentations to share after the live event is over.   A resource web page has been developed to share video recordings of the...
Don’t Forget About the Bulls – Pre-Breeding Management

Don’t Forget About the Bulls – Pre-Breeding Management

– The relatively mild winter climate in the Deep South offers cattlemen a fairly wide range of options in relation to the timing of successful breeding/calving seasons. The variation in systems makes the timing of this article a bit tricky, but there are a lot...
Friday Feature:  Thank You to Health Care Workers Cowboy Style

Friday Feature: Thank You to Health Care Workers Cowboy Style

Nebraska Rancher David Shuler has a holiday tradition of sharing cattle art with a feed wagon, his cattle herd, and a drone video camera.  For 2020, he wanted to say thank you to the first responders and health care workers who have worked so hard this year during the...