Scientists from the USDA and their colleagues have conducted research showing the potential response of rangeland plants in arid regions of the U.S. to the conditions that will occur with climate change, according to a paper published recently in Nature.

Where did the record cattle prices this year come from? That is a question almost all analysts and many cattle producers are asking. It was not so surprising to have record high cattle prices, but the real surprise was the lofty heights of those new records.

Carefully staged “prescribed fire” can reset a rangeland’s biological clock, awaken dormant plants, and breathe new life and diversity into an ecosystem. When fire rolls over a rangeland, it gives perennial sod-forming grasses, which are good sources of forage for livestock, a better chance to take hold.

Eli Lilly and Co. says it has entered an agreement to acquire Novartis Animal Health (NAH) for approximately $5.4 billion in an all-cash transaction that will strengthen and diversify Lilly’s own animal health business, Elanco.

Producers and feeders can now step through open marketing doors and garner premiums for supplying a predictable, quality product that traces back to the Red Angus genetics and the ranch of origin. Tyson Fresh Foods recently released the Choice+ performance-based grid designed exclusively to pay premiums for cattle enrolled in the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP). 

One reason why some cows cannot get pregnant may be because they have male (Y) chromosome fragments in their DNA, according to a USDA study.

NCBA attendees respond to two questions: "How do you define sustainable beef production?" and "What will influence you the most in deciding whether to expand in 2014?"

Spring is in full bloom around the U.S., and it doesn’t come a moment too soon for the country’s beef producers. A recent Progressive Cattleman poll asked online readers how the winter of 2014 hit their neck of the woods, and the responses showed that cold, ice and snow took its toll.

Maybe it was the appealing price on sale. Perhaps it was the perception of “organic antioxidant” food being healthier for me. Or could it have been the nice picture of robust and juicy Oregon berries on the package?