by Hannah Baker | May 31, 2024
Year after year, cattle producers have a calf crop with 50 percent bull calves. Many producers will castrate these bull calves, making them steers, for a multitude of reasons. Two reasons being that steer calves have a higher meat quality and are more docile than bull...
by external | May 31, 2024
Kenny Burdine, Extension Professor of Livestock Economics – Southern Ag Today – May 29, 2024 Everyone who buys or sells feeder cattle regularly understands that in most markets, the price per pound decreases as cattle get heavier. This can create a...
by external | May 24, 2024
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Nothing is worse than to have land, money, and other resources already committed to production and watching the market (and the value of expected production) decline. Farming is a biological process and takes...
by Hannah Baker | May 3, 2024
Feedlot Happenings, Carcass Weights, & Beef Supply It is no secret that supply of beef feeder cattle is low and is expected to be lower in the future, due to the beef cow herd being the lowest it has been in 63 years, with little signs that expansion has started....
by Doug Mayo | May 3, 2024
This week’s featured video was published by SUNUPTV for Oklahoma Public Television from the Cow-calf Corner segment of their TV show last week. In this video, Mark Johnson, Oklahoma Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, discusses opportunities in the 2024 calf...
by external | Apr 19, 2024
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Things sure have changed quickly. New crop December 24 futures broke through “support” at 82¢ and have continued the downfall. December 24 has declined over 5¢ in the last 12 trading days—closing down 1.43¢ on...