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Points to consider if feeding spring-born goats to heavier weights
Meat-goat producers may want to take advantage of retained ownership opportunities Owners of meat goats who manage their costs and maintain herd health should be in a good position to take advantage...
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Beekeeping costs, management tips
Bees are considered livestock. Costs and management involved in raising other livestock should be considered when raising bees. Backyard adventures and DIY projects are all the rage right now,...
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Watch out for leafy spurge
Several herbicides may help control the weed in pastures. Yellow-green patches in a pasture might look pretty for the uninitiated, but the telltale bloom of leafy spurge is not a spring sight many of...
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USDA embarks on adding resilience to food system
Vilsack announces $4 billion to strengthen food supply chain, including increasing meat processor capacity. USDA says that it will move to strengthen and protect the country’s food and agricultural...
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Help prevent equine disease this summer
KDA urges horse owners to take measures this summer to prevent another vesicular stomatitis virus outbreak. As summer approaches, the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health...
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Tyson Foods announces aggressive sustainability targets
Company releases 2020 Sustainability Report and pledges to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 There's a growing list of companies and organizations announcing sustainability targets....
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Wet, weedy bermudagrass pastures 'looking rough'
Bermudagrass pastures green up but producers unable to perform necessary management practices to take advantage of all the rain. Weeks of rainfall across Oklahoma has made bermudagrass pastures too...
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Too much rain chief concern for forage producers
Texas Crop and Weather Report – June 8, 2021 Rains and the threat of rain have kept forage producers in hay-producing regions of the state out of fields and behind schedule for the season, according...
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Colorado sees first gray wolf pups since 1940s
A state biologist and district wildlife manager each spotted the litter of at least three wolf pups last weekend, according to AP. Colorado wildlife officials last weekend spotted the state's first...
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Livestock safety paramount during floodings
Farmers, ranchers should have emergency plan to protect animals from high watersAlthough personal safety is always of primary concern, farmers and ranchers in Texas should also have an emergency...
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Wildfire webinar to focus on livestock
California Cattlemen's Association-sponsored webinar will be held June 23. The California Cattlemen's Association is hosting a webinar June 23 to teach ranchers about reducing wildfire risk and...
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Heart failure in feedlot cattle is on the rise
If producers could recognize susceptible at-risk animals early on, they might be able to feed and manage them differently. Instances of bovine congestive heart failure (BCHF) in feedlot cattle have...
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Cargill joins U.S. CattleTrace program
The aim of the program is to develop a national infrastructure for disease traceability. Cargill is announcing it has joined U.S. CattleTrace as an official packer member. Cargill is the second beef...
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Small meat processor has big, ‘sustainable’ plans
Nicholas Meats in Loganton, Pa., is building a first-of-its-kind facility that will process and treat residual wastes from meat processing. Between COVID-19, a recent hack of the JBS computer system,...
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Government action needed to preserve meat capacity
With all this talk about expanding capacity, why isn’t the Biden administration defending hog speed lines? One vulnerability clearly revealed at the onset of the pandemic was the importance of meat...
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Wolves from PNW are killing California livestock
Of more than 60 investigated livestock deaths since 2015, 21 were confirmed wolf kills, including one May 25. State wildlife officials have confirmed that the year's first wolf depredation of a cow in...
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Early-maturing forages were no illusion
Commentary: Here’s why forage grasses matured early in 2021, plus other grazing tips. The longer-than-normal, cooler spring warped time a little. Am I the only one who felt like we lost June? Forages...
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Minnesota dairy farm hosts drive-through breakfast event
Slideshow: Stearns County’s Kerfeld Hill-View Farm north of Melrose hosted the June 5 special dairy event. Not even COVID-19 can keep Minnesota dairy farmers from celebrating June as Dairy Month.Last...
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USDA again looks to strengthen Packers and Stockyards protections
GIPSA rule revisions given new life under Biden administration actions to address unfair marketing practices. In its regulatory agenda released June 11, the Biden administration signaled that USDA...
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Small horn flies can be big problem for livestock
Researchers have shown that 15-30 pounds of extra gain in calves is achieved over the summer when horn flies are controlled. Horn flies cause billions of dollars of damage and economic loss to the...
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