by Doug Mayo | Feb 3, 2023
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) released the January 1 Cattle Inventory Report on January 31, 2023. NASS estimates the national cattle inventory twice per year, on January 1 and July 1. These reports can be a little confusing, as the year...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 3, 2023
Thanks to Nick Simmons, Escambia County Extension, for sending in this week’s featured video to share. In the video, “The Feed Man” Micah Thomas, Purina Animal Nutrition, shares some important observations that can be made from evaluating the shape...
by external | Jan 27, 2023
Raluca Mateescu & Jessica Czipulis, UF/IFAS Animal Science Department The strength shown by the high-quality branded beef market in the last few years confirms that a sizable proportion of consumers are willing to pay for assured quality, i.e., tender, flavorful,...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 20, 2023
The holiday season is over, family and friends have gone back home, the holiday decorations have been put away. College football crowned a new champion and a new farming year has begun. Planting season is coming fast, but January is what I call, “Decision...
by Mark Mauldin | Jan 6, 2023
Sorting through all of the data to select bulls of interest from a bull sale catalog can be a daunting task, given the vast quantity of information provided. The VRDEC (Visual Representation of Data for Evaluation and Comparison) Bull Selection Tool tables below show...
by external | Jan 6, 2023
João H.J. Bittar, DVM, Ph.D., Ameer A. Megahed, DVM, Ph.D., Ahmadreza Mirzaei, DVM, PhD., Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida What is BLV? Bovine Leukosis is a lifelong infection caused by the...
