by Doug Mayo | May 19, 2017
Heather Gessner, South Dakota State University Extension Livestock Business Management Field Specialist Standardized Performance Analysis Pounds of beef sold is a key number for cattlemen. Late calvers, the cows that drag out the calving season, cost producers more...
by Doug Mayo | May 19, 2017
This week’s featured video is a tribute to one of the all time great professors at the University of Florida. Dr. Alvin Warnick passed away at the age of 96 on May 7, 2017. Another significant contributor of the “Great Generation” has passed on. ...
by Doug Mayo | May 12, 2017
This week’s featured video was a news report from KOMO Channel 4 News about a new online beef marketing service being offered to consumers in the Western US. Crowd Cow is the name of a Seattle company that is connecting grass finished beef operations with...
by Kalyn Waters | May 5, 2017
The benefits of estrous synchronization to enhance artificial insemination (AI) are well established in the beef industry, however, in the United States, 94.2% of the cows are bred by natural service (bull breeding). Estrous synchronization can also be a useful tool...
by Chris Prevatt | May 5, 2017
The August 2017 Feeder Cattle futures contract increased by $21.35/cwt. during April. Based on this futures price increase, August Feeder Cattle revenues increased by approximately $160.13/head ($21.35/cwt. * 7.5 cwt.) on a 750-pound feeder steer which amounts to...
by Doug Mayo | May 5, 2017
This week’s featured video was produced by Florida Dairy Farmers to highlight a local dairy farm in Jackson County. Brad and Meghan Austin of Cindale Farms are continuing the family dairy farming tradition. Instead of simply expanding the farm to include the...
