According to a recent Progressive Cattleman survey, the majority of respondents sell their calves at local sale barns.

For centuries, farmers have determined a cow’s age by the number and wear of its teeth. Beef processors currently examine the number of permanent incisors present at harvest.

Commercial cattle producers may jump into the seedstock business because the notion of selling a bull or heifer for big bucks is appealing.

Beef cattle producers and their veterinarians are taking advantage of the current expanding information age.

Dung beetles, Mother Nature’s pooper-scoopers, benefit both cattle and pastures.

Beef and dairy cattle have steadily grown larger for the last 30 years, thanks to improved genetics and nutrition. This sounds like great progress, but bruising in finished cattle causes a substantial $35 million loss to the beef industry annually.