To some, a rancher and a range conservationist could be considered “night and day,” but are these two groups of people really that different?

As a beef producer, you have been instructed many times to body condition score (BCS) your cow herd.

Are distillers grains with solubles (DGS) a “byproduct” of the ethanol production process or are they a “co-product?” This is more than just semantics, and it matters for your feeding operation.

For most producers, spring parasite management is always at the top of the “to-do” list. Parasites are at their prime when the weather starts warming up and, as such, producers nationwide take steps to minimize associated performance losses.

Family tradition states John Walker (of Scottish-Irish descent) and his five brothers served in the American Revolution Continental Army. John Walker served as a private in Captain John Morrow’s company of Pennsylvania Riflemen, 2nd Battalion, signing up in May of 1776.

Weaning time is in full swing, and with it comes decisions producers must make regarding the preparation and marketing of cattle for the next segment of the beef industry.

This article is the first in a two-part series. Click here to read part-two in the series. Through the years, you may have heard any number of things about native grasses and the role they can play in a forage program. Some comments I have heard include, “they won’t grow around here,” “they are very low-quality forages” or “they are about impossible to establish.”

I have an embarrassing admission to make. In my life, I’ve fed, raised and traded thousands of cattle – and yet, as far as I know, I have yet to eat a bite of any of them. I never fed out a home-grown steer or stuffed our freezer with hamburger from an old lump-jaw cow.

Almost 180,000 animals have been tested for the genetic defect developmental duplication (DD) since 2013. According to Angus Genetics Inc. genetic service director Kelli Retallick, they do not have the number of producers who have tested animals for the DD genetic defect.

Meatless Monday … what kind of person would think something like that up? The same kind of people who would support Breathless Tuesday, Whistle-less Wednesday or Jalapeño-less Cinco de Mayo?