Without getting into specifics, U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said the USDA’s “principles” for the 2018 Farm Bill will include a stronger safety net for farmers “to weather times of economic stress without distorting markets or increasing shallow loss payments.”

“How to Not Go Broke Ranching” was the title of a presentation by Walt Davis at the 2017 Texas Grazing Conference. Davis has spent approximately 50 years as a working rancher with interests in west Texas and in southeast Oklahoma.

It is once again the time of year cow-calf producers and seedstock producers begin to look forward to, and prepare for, the upcoming seedstock producers’ annual sales.

Often called pneumonia or shipping fever, bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is costly for the livestock industry, especially in feedlot cattle, but also a concern in cow-calf herds.

You start with some bone-in cuts of beef, and additional beef bones, and roast them at 375ºF for 30 minutes. Transfer all meat, bones and drippings to a slow cooker. Add chunks of carrots, onions, celery and mushrooms.

Brazilian meat company Minerva SA expects to resume exports to the U.S. in the first quarter of 2018, Reuters reports. Minerva SA Chief Executive Fernando Galletti told reporters plans are dependent on decisions within the government.

Cattle on feed inventories continue to remain above year-earlier levels, and placements continue to reflect the increasing cattle inventory. The number of cattle on feed in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or greater on Nov. 1, 2017, was 6 percent above Nov. 1, 2016, and 5 percent above Nov. 1, 2015.

A landmark water ruling from U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, that federal reserved water rights include groundwater, could have significant impacts on groundwater across the country – and particularly the West.

Recruitment and selection are not the fondest areas of work for most beef producers. It, therefore, is important to productively focus your energies. To better understand the importance of focus, we start with a discussion of the circles of concern and influence.

For many producers who had to sell a larger number of cattle due to drought conditions, the announcement from the IRS allowing an additional year to replace the livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales may be welcome news.