Castrating is an important component of many cattle producers’ operations. “Castrating is an element of most preconditioning programs.

Some horse owners and ranchers shoe their own horses. For this task, they need to assemble an appropriate set of tools.

Nearly 9,000 people attended the 2019 National Cattleman’s Beef Association Convention and Trade Show in New Orleans Jan. 29 through Feb. 1, including the Progressive Cattleman team.

CattleFax CEO Randy Blach informed attendees at the CattleFax outlook seminar at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s annual convention in New Orleans on Jan. 31 that the U.S. cattle industry is nearing a peak in production and profit in the cattle market cycle.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue didn’t mince words with his audience at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association annual convention on the challenges facing American beef production.

El Nino conditions have left much of central Brazil dry, along with the Southern Plains in the U.S. and most of Australia. Weather expert Art Douglas told attendees at the annual outlook seminar at NCBA’s annual convention in New Orleans on Jan. 31 that El Nino conditions will most likely continue though summer and into fall, but will bring some relief for drought in the U.S. and a possible, but not probable, increase in moisture for Brazil. Australia will most likely have to wait until fall for the drought to end.

Profitability is the name of the game, but with many of our dairy friends closing up shop and market outlooks that appear grim, it may seem like that week-old calf on a warm spring day – out of reach and impossible to catch.