by Doug Mayo | Jun 14, 2024
This week’s featured video was published by Solutionaries to highlight research being conducted by Dr. Nico DiLorenzo and his team, at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, near Marianna, Florida. According to their website,...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 7, 2024
Every five years, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) surveys farms for the Census of Agriculture. The most recent survey was conducted after the conclusion of the 2022 season, in early 2023. Farmers from across the U.S. completed detailed...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 7, 2024
This week’s featured video was published by the Associated Press (AP) as a companion to their news story: She’s the world’s most expensive cow. Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis was sold at auction for over $4 million in Brazil, which was a world record, according to...
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...