USDA to Repropose GIPSA Rules

Beef imports were up 1.5 percent year over year in April but are down 7.0 percent for the January to April period compared to last year. Year to date beef imports are down 4.0 percent compared… Read more

Veterinarians and cattle producers have long embraced pre-weaning vaccines as effective tools to help reduce the impact of respiratory disease in calves following the stress of weaning. Vaccin… Read more

On June 11, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced USDA will propose three new regulations pertaining to the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA), one of which would substantively cha… Read more

The North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center’s beef production field day tour will be live this year. Read more

Pasture managers looking for answers on when the best time to mechanically clip pastures will find the answer in this episode of Forage Focus. This past winter, host- Christine Gelley- Extensi… Read more

Pasture and supplemental feed inputs represent the lion’s share of a beef producer’s annual expenses and are an ideal starting place for initiating hard-nosed cost control measures. When envir… Read more

Today (June 16), the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) delivered progress on much-needed regulatory flexibility for livestock haulers. The addition of the backend 150 air-mile exemp… Read more

The JBS cyber-attack was another blow dealt to a cattle market that has been hit with challenge after challenge since last spring. James did a good job last week talking through the impacts on… Read more

The majority of livestock producers in North Dakota are faced with forage shortages due to drought. Read more

The saying ‘knowledge is power’ often rings true in making decisions, and in the case of beef cattle genetic tests, this information can be a powerful tool provided producers know how to inter… Read more