Corn prices were on a rocket with ethanol boosters for several years, but that’s in the past now, said Dan Basse, AgResource Company, in remarks to cattle feeders last month in Omaha and in Garden City, Kansas.

Researchers talk about determining factors when it comes to influencing beef demand.

In a roomful of cattle feeders, an Oklahoma State University (OSU) livestock marketing specialist had everyone’s full attention as he said there is no way around it: In the next two to three years, the already short supply of feeder cattle will only get tighter.

Cash corn prices in the Texas Panhandle have decreased $2.00 per bushel since July. While there is still some uncertainty about how big the new corn crop will be and just how low corn prices might go, there is no doubt that significantly lower corn prices will have a big impact on feeder price levels and feeder price relationships.

Seven educational seminars are planned for World Beef Expo on Sept. 27-28 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).

Traveling the winding roads of rural New York, more than 220 Angus breeders from 27 states and Canada, visited farms and historical attractions during the 2013 National Angus Conference and Tour (NAC&T), held Aug. 27-30. The event was sponsored by Purina Mills.

In multiple circles the cattle industry has a renewed sense of optimism with possible beef cow herd expansion being thoroughly discussed again. Underlying this optimism is a growing view that many cow-calf operators are nearing a situation of being not only able to physically add breeding stock, but also that operators have forward-looking profit expectations that warrant expansion.

There's a new website called PastureScout that ranchers and farmers can use to locate, list, and secure pasture leases and purchase harvested forage.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently involved Japanese baseball legend and Oklahoma Sen. Randy Bass in a campaign to promote U.S. beef in Japan.

Roto-Mix’s new VX Series of single auger vertical mixers is both efficient and durable, according to the company, with the aim of delivering high-quality TMR at an affordable price.