Most Progressive Cattleman readers attend livestock production sales in both the spring and the fall.

In 1992, beef carcasses at Tyson Foods had four sorts at the packing plant. Just four. A Select grade carcass wasn’t even among the sort criteria.

“If we were any other country, we’d be bankrupt,” said Terence (Terry) Stewart, an attorney with Stewart and Stewart Law in Washington, D.C., referring to the national trade deficit as he presented to the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association at their annual convention in Billings, Montana.

Ropers use “horn wraps,” which are strips of leather or rubber wrapped around the saddle horn to provide protection and give the rope a little grip after a dally.

How many of you consider cottonseed hulls (CSH) to be a good roughage source for mixed livestock diets? Are you crazy or have you just not read the nutrient and digestibility analysis of CSH?

In Part 1 of this article published in the August 2017 issue of Progressive Cattleman, we evaluated the biological efficiency of beef cows with different mature weights and peak milk production when calves were sold at weaning.

Even in times of such uncertainty and a volatile cattle market, revenue generated from value-added programs, which include a sound vaccination and preconditioning plan, certainly exceed their costs.

The law of the harvest is one of history’s simplest proverbs. It’s also one of the most misunderstood.

The USDA reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small business impacted by Hurricane Irma that the USDA has programs to provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and eager to help.

The NASS Cattle report for July 1, 2017, estimated that the U.S. cattle herd expanded by 4 percent from July 1, 2015, to 102.6 million head, the largest head count since July 1, 2008.