The optimization of feed efficiency and animal health is critical to the success and profitability of the beef industry. In feedlots, one of the biggest challenges is the nutritional management of newly received cattle, who enter the feedlot with a wide range of different nutritional and health backgrounds.

When a calf hits the ground, there are already hundreds of dollars invested. It just makes sense to protect that investment.

Eastern Oregon is a challenging environment for raising cattle. Some years there are more months of winter than summer.

If you’re worried about rebuilding the herd in 2014, Nebraska Angus producer Trevor Lienemann doesn’t think you need to fret.

Most cattle producers are well aware of the value and importance of assuring that newborn calves receive colostrum soon after they are born.

Sunday: I found Studly, the ram, in the bullpen. My horse, Gentleman, was there, too. In fact, every animal I owned, including my dog, was in the bulls’ pasture and they were all trying to do strange things to one another.

So there I was, changing planes in the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. A 20-something lady looked up and said, “Well, it’s good to see a cowboy again.”

Increasing wolf populations are significantly impacting Western ranchers, but the extent of this impact has not been well-documented.

Cattle will naturally seek windbreaks in the winter. In cold weather, cattle require additional energy to maintain body temperature, and wind chill further increases energy demands.

When one begins the process of selecting bulls to produce replacement heifers, or bulls to be service sires of replacement heifers, a number of criteria come to mind.