Inevitably, at some point in your employment duration, you will ask yourself, “Is it time for me to make a job change?”

Research at South Dakota State University has examined the effect cow nutrition has on meat quality of their offspring. SDSU Extension meat specialist Amanda Blair and graduate students fed 140 cows either a positive energy diet or a negative energy diet during mid-gestation.

You’ve likely heard the mantra that six small meals a day are better than three large meals a day. Think about a time when you’ve had multiple snack-sized meals throughout the day – perhaps a Super Bowl party or potluck.

Antibiotic use is a big issue today in cattle production. Consumers have concerns about the way antibiotics are used in livestock production but sometimes confuse the problem of antibiotic resistance (which is a crucial issue for stockmen).

Several years ago, regulations were considered on the issue of feedyard dust. However, the question remains: Is feedyard dust really that big of an issue? And if so, how can operators help to minimize this issue?

Beef production practices continue to focus on animal comfort and stress reduction.

The Veterinary Feed Directive has been in the news a great deal lately. Even in this magazine, several articles discussing the provisions of this new rule have been published already this year. One important issue, however, has not been frequently discussed.

The scenic environment around Kaczmarek Herefords may be a bit remote from traditional cattle country. But when buyers go there, they typically find just what they’re looking for.

Many producers from the cow-calf industry have not visited a beef processing plant. The reason is that a calf goes through several production steps at various locations off the ranch and may be processed into beef several states away from where it was born.

Considerations for feeding cattle cotton byproductsWhile many of us in the northern half of the U.S. typically don’t think of cotton as a major crop, cotton was ranked the sixth-most valuable crop nationwide in 2014. In addition, the U.S. is ranked No. 3 in global cotton production and No. 1 in cotton exports.