Some producers are seeing significant re-growth in wheat fields this fall, and it can provide excellent late-season grazing for cows and weaned calves.

A group of 115 congressional members have signed a bipartisan letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, requesting “a thorough economic analysis” on the proposed rules on marketing of livestock and poultry under the Packers and Stockyards Act.

BioTracking, LLC announces its new, accelerated results blood pregnancy test for cattle, BioPRYNQK. BioPRYN “Quick" combines the accurate, early pregnancy detection of the  trusted, original BioPRYN blood pregnancy test, but now with same-day results.

GeneSTAR®, from Pfizer Animal Genetics, now comes with two additional offerings ─ a Palatability Index and black coat color. These are in addition to Molecular Value Predictions (MVPs®) for feed efficiency, marbling and tenderness.

Fall is, depending on where one lives, the time to process calves. As producers, fall also is the last time we physically have the calf in our possession. We need to take the time to note or record the information we would like to have for each calf.

A gentle breeze follows us as we gather yearlings this morning. I watch my daughter adjust her stampede string and juggle the reins, while still keeping the saddle horn within close reach. Throughout today’s ride, my husband and I take turns sharing our saddles with our 2-year-old son.

In an event that was the first of its kind held with a breed convention, the Red Angus Convention hosted a commercial outreach/forum that featured a presentation by Bob Weaber from the University of Missouri and a panel of commercial cattleman and marketing leaders.

Although Mexico is still the No. 1 destination for U.S. beef exports, it is the only major market trailing last year's results, according to the U.S Meat Export Federation (USMEF), a contractor of the beef checkoff.

As fall calving grows more popular each year in southwest Missouri, University of Missouri extension specialist Eldon Cole says more producers are using an exact timeline for artificial insemination in their herds this fall. “This means females will be bred around Nov. 20 for a Sept. 1 calf. We’re only two months away from that target date,” said Cole.

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