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Responsible Hydration

March 31, 2020
A lot goes into caring for cattle, and it’s important to remember the most valuable nutrient to keeping them healthy—fresh water. Making sure our cattle have a daily source of clean water to drink is an involved task on its own, but maintaining our water sources in a sustainable way is vital to protecting the environment and preserving our lifestyles as cattle owners.
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Cattle market responses to recent market turmoil

March 30, 2020
Derrell S. Peel
Economists often say that market prices are determined by demand and supply. What they really mean is more correctly stated as “market prices are determined by expectations of demand and supply.” Under more stable and normal circumstances, this distinction is not particularly significant.
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Ag economists weigh in on COVID shutdown

March 27, 2020
David Cooper
Nationwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic continued to shake segments of the entire beef industry near the conclusion of a historic March 2020. Consumers continued to purchase food commodities off grocery shelves, while ag economists, like their counterparts on national economics, all began preparing for the reality of a recession.
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Fighting the fescue toxicity battle

March 26, 2020
Sam Strahan
Much has been written about Kentucky 31 (KY-31) tall fescue over the last few decades. Most cattle producers living in the approximately 35 million-acre fescue belt (which encompasses Missouri and Arkansas, the mid-Atlantic states and most of the Southeast) understand the negative effects KY-31 tall fescue grass can have on production.
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[Podcast] Employee management – with Rick Machen

March 24, 2020
Recruiting and retaining talented employees seems to be a consistent challenge across the beef industry. In this episode David, Cassidy and Paul talk with Rick Machen of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management about a series of articles he wrote for Progressive Cattle on employee management. You can read those articles in the links below:
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USDA lifts ban on Brazilian beef

March 24, 2020
Carrie Veselka
The USDA-FSIS recently announced that Brazilian fresh beef would soon be allowed back into the U.S. Brazilian beef exports were banned back in 2017 due to recurring concerns about public health issues, sanitary conditions and animal health issues.
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U.S. cattle inventory down fractionally

March 24, 2020
Russell Knight
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its semiannual Cattle report on Jan. 31. The total number of cattle and calves on Jan. 1, 2020, was estimated at 94.4 million head, nearly 400,000 head lower than the previous year.
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