The health and viability of a newborn calf immediately impacts your profit – the only profit opportunity you have from feeding a brood cow through the winter season.

Viral immunology is not a good conversation starter for most of us. We gravitate to subjects like feed costs, weather patterns and sports to spark an engaging conversation.

Market projections forecast input prices to continue to climb, while cattlemen enjoy a good market atmosphere.

Nestled in three states, the Silver Spur Ranches constitute a one-of-a-kind operation.

Forage is a beef producer’s greatest resource, but sometimes it needs to be stretched or alternatives considered and fed when Mother Nature is less than cooperative.

The nutritional needs of cows increase by 25 percent to 35 percent after calving compared to late gestation. For many producers, this postpartum period comes at a time when they are still feeding stored forages.

When cost of production rises, producers aggressively seek out information and tools that can have a positive influence on their bottom line.

Evaluations to extend the grazing season look promising for: spring grazing of winter cereals; summer and/or fall grazing of pearl millet, teff, cereals, vetch or rapeseed combinations; and fall/early winter grazing of turnips or rapeseed with stockpiled pasture/pearl millet/cereals.

With today’s increasing grain prices, producers are looking for alternative feedstuffs for their cattle.

Beef production is the largest segment in American agriculture, adding more than $60 billion to the U.S. economy.