For the hardcore advocates, every month is dairy month. These individuals wear all kinds of hats and come from all walks of the dairy world – from farmers in the field to enthusiasts to highly esteemed professionals.

Following Prime and Choice, Select is the third of the eight distinct beef quality grades.

It takes a lot of knowledge, determination, dedication and grit to even attempt raising stocker or backgrounded cattle. Of these individuals, there are those who go on to becoming successful in their businesses and fewer still recognized for exceptionality in what they do.

With the nation’s ever-growing and changing demands for beef, producers and breed associations are finding different, innovative ways to actively respond.

There are a million different opinions on what makes the “ideal” herd sire. When you leaf through a sale catalog, what’s on the pages can’t tell you which new sire to invest in, but it should give you all the information necessary to make that decision yourself.

Cow-calf producers always strive to set their heifers up for success, especially when it comes to first calvings. A low-stress calving and a live calf are some of best ways to turn a heifer into a reliable cow.

One of the most anticipated up-and-coming technologies in the cattle industry is gene editing. This promising science can bring specific traits into breeds, individuals and herds in just one generation, as opposed to the several it takes through traditional breeding.

Nationwide, farmers and ranchers suffered early in the year due to the unusual rainfall and cooler temperatures. Among the many issues directly related to these occurrences was an increase in anthrax cases throughout Texas and other regions.

  The value of accurate data only continues to grow in today’s fast-moving beef industry.

There are few diseases to cross headlines that equally capture the attention of cattle producers and the general public like bovine tuberculosis (TB).