In today’s world, proper cattle handling is key. Employees must be trained and use the skills learned each time they handle cattle. However, sometimes people are less attentive, and mistakes happen.

Raising and feeding cattle in an environmentally friendly way while operating efficiently and profitably is no easy task.

Ranch safety should be one of the biggest priorities on any cattle operation but is sometimes an area that gets overlooked.

There are many tools in the beef industry that producers can use to improve their operations. However, there are few tools out there that are as easy and as helpful as the beef quality assurance (BQA) assessment.

To many people, color, breed and genetics play a large factor into the cattle they buy. But at the end of the day, these traits may not equal the highest profit.

Consumers can be a picky bunch. Their needs and wants change from state to state and from country to country.

Each and every day, cattlemen buy and sell their livestock across the country. Video and Internet auctions have revolutionized how cattle are bought and sold, and knowing how to navigate these sales is important for everyone involved.

Competing at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) is part of the tradition at Carnahan Ranch of Kiowa, Colorado.

Animal traceability requirements have become commonplace for beef producers, but new rules and regulations can make it hard for producers to know what the current requirements are and how to comply with the law. Animal traceability is important to many entities, especially on the global market. According to a USDA – APHIS factsheet published in December 2012, “Animal-disease traceability, or knowing where diseased and at-risk animals are, where they’ve been and when, is very important to ensuring a rapid response when animal disease events take place. Animal-disease traceability does not prevent disease, yet an efficient and accurate traceability system helps reduce the number of animals involved in a disease investigation and reduces the time needed to respond.

There are very few items more valuable to a rancher than his horse. A constant companion, the ranch horse is utilized nearly every day and in a variety of situations on the ranch.