by Doug Mayo | Oct 28, 2016
UF/IFAS Beef Cattle & Forage Specialists, and County Extension Agents serving the Florida Panhandle worked to develop a basic management calendar for cattle producers. The purpose of this calendar is to provide reminders for management techniques with similar...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 21, 2016
Cattle prices peaked at unprecedented levels in 2014, fell off a cliff in 2015, and took another steep nosedive in 2016. When you look at Figure 1 above you can see that average prices for weaned steers have fallen sharply back to 2010 levels this fall. From July...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 7, 2016
Screwworms were eradicated from the Southeast back in 1959. This week USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of New World Screwworms Cochliomyia hominivorax in three deer in the Florida Keys. At this point, APHIS believes...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 7, 2016
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Regional Livestock Economics Agent The August 2017 Feeder Cattle futures contract decreased by $10.38/cwt. during September. Based on this futures price decrease, August Feeder Cattle revenues decreased by approximately $77.85/hd. ($10.38/cwt. *...
by Kalyn Waters | Sep 23, 2016
According the 2007-2008 USDA Reference of Beef Cow-calf Management Practices in the United States, approximately two-thirds of cattle operations (60.7%) used an auction market as the primary method of sale for weaned steers & bulls. These auction markets are a...
by Matt Hersom | Sep 16, 2016
Perhaps weaning time has come and gone on your operation, but did you consider how much potential profit was lost because of shrink in the calves you sold? Shrink in beef calves is weight loss due to stress that occurs from the time an animal leaves one location and...
