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There is a tombstone that lies just off the edge of a small hayfield on the creek bottom of my parents’ ranch. It doesn’t mark the grave of the man whose name is engraved on its face, and grass and weeds show it little mercy.
Beef producers across the Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico are working to piece together the aftermath of the winter storm that left an estimate of 8,000 cattle dead and more than 20,000 missing.
The 2015-2020 version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans released Thursday included science-based recommendations that consuming lean meats and proteins are part of healthy eating patterns and a nutritious diet.
The last two years have been a whirlwind of dramatic extremes for the cattle industry. With historically tight supplies in 2014, record prices in every segment of the market were reached. Improvements in drought conditions and unprecedented high cow-calf returns brought about rapid expansion at the end of 2014 and throughout 2015.
When I am on the highway and pass a truck hauling calves to the feedlot, I am always reminded of the complex process that it takes to keep them healthy. The producer has to have a bit of faith when managing calves prone to stress-induced health difficulties in each step of their development, but there are items on the market that can help ease concern.
Despite what critics have claimed, research has found fatigued cattle syndrome (FCS) to be a result of several factors, not just the use of beta-agonists, said Dr. Dan Thomson, a professor of production medicine and epidemiology at Kansas State University.
As expansion of the national beef herd accelerates and leads to lower prices, it is an excellent opportunity to review financial performance numbers that ranches should try to attain.
Cattle markets in 2015 transitioned from what 2014 was to more like what 2016 will be. Beef production will be up 3 to 4 percent annually from 2015 levels, which was the lowest since 1993.
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