Since we’ve been managing cattle for meat and profitability, the industry constantly searches for new and different tools that can help us accomplish three primary objectives – improve reproduction, health and growth – the primary drivers of improved profitability.

As a cattle producer, you have many things to worry about on any given day, one of which is ensuring the feed you are receiving from your feed manufacturer is safe and high quality and provides the nutritional value it guarantees.

The biggest lesson one can learn from the previous cycle is that producers do not control the daily, weekly or monthly cash price, but they do control the marketing decisions of their cattle.

In addition to setting a global value record with one month to spare, U.S. beef exports also set annual value records in several individual markets.

The Biden administration issued a water law reversal on the last working day of 2022, creating further change in the longstanding issue of how to define navigable waters of the U.S., including streams, runoff and ponds used in agriculture.