The inventory of all cattle and calves was at 89.8 million head on Jan. 1, 2015, up 1.4 percent from one year ago but, except for last year, still the smallest total herd inventory since 1952.

Feedlot veterinarian and animal-handling consultant Dr. Tom Noffsinger demonstrates practices that enable voluntary movement of cattle at the 2014 International Cattle Welfare Symposium. Second of two parts. Check out Part 1 of this video series.

The price of oil isn’t just providing some relief to American drivers. Even in countries where filling up the tank is not a regular expense, cheaper oil and gas could throw some savings to those nations’ buying power. With that extra cash, the expectation is to buy more U.S. beef.

The U.S. beef cattle industry experienced its first cattle inventory increase since 2007 this month, as the USDA cattle count showed the number of cattle and calves at 89.8 million head, a 1 percent increase over Jan. 1, 2014.

Nobody likes untangling fishing line from a mess of willow branches or rolling up barbed wire through pasture choked with brush. But not liking it doesn’t change the fact that it has to be done.

With one government committee meeting in December, the U.S. beef industry felt a collective tremor with the possibility of the USDA telling Americans to eat less lean beef.

Though the vote was near even, producers who decided to not hold off on selling their cattle at the end of 2014 won the majority.

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released their monthly Cattle on Feed report on Jan. 23. The report revealed that 10.69 million head of cattle were in U.S. feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger on Jan. 1, 2015.

Datamars Inc., a manufacturer of livestock identification ear tags, has announced the introduction of its new Z Tags brand Z2 No-Tear-Tagging System for livestock.

Tom and Tammy Boatman, Rockford, Illinois, were selected as the 2015 Hereford Herdsman of the Year at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver.