Despite advances in vaccines, nutrition and management, bovine respiratory disease (BRD) remains one of the most persistent and costly challenges in beef production. While the weather this fall has been off to an unseasonably mild start, producers shouldn’t mistake low rates of BRD in early months for a disease-free season.

Beef-on-dairy calves are one of the most valuable outcomes of modern dairy production. Protecting the value of these calves depends on how well rumen and gut health are supported from the start.

While NWS is currently not present in the U.S., speakers and officials at the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Convention in Fort Worth, Texas, March 28-29, gave indications the spread is being successfully kept at a distance away from the U.S. – for now. But plans are in motion for its arrival, possibly as early as this summer.

The USDA announced that the headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service will be moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, as part of a sweeping restructuring of the agency.

Pastures rarely fail overnight – and with strategic management and interseeding, they don’t need a full reset to recover.

Corn products produced in 2025 will present challenges to livestock and poultry production. Although the mycotoxin risk varies by region and within region, it is highly recommended for producers to test for mycotoxins from how many mycotoxins are present to which mycotoxins are present. 

The 2025-30 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) issued by the Trump administration in January 2026 are perhaps the most talked-about DGA ever. In some ways, they are also the most simplified, containing just 10 pages of official guidance under the catchphrase “eat real food.”

The third generation rule is the commonly cited notion suggesting most family businesses don’t survive beyond the third generation. Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer, writing for Harvard Business Review in an article posted July 19, 2021, performed extensive research and shared convincing arguments that this “rule” is a myth without statistical or historical proof.

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Grain producers in the Pacific Northwest know that marketing wheat is rarely straightforward. Prices move constantly, global events can shake markets overnight and input costs continue to rise. Over the past decade, these pressures have made it increasingly difficult for producers to lock in profitable prices.