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By Kay Ledbetter, Texas AgriLife Today
Pecos sits in what veterinary professionals call a “veterinarian desert,” or a region with too few veterinarians to meet demand for pets, livestock and show animals alike. At the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ...
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High schoolers train to ease a rural veterinarian shortage
Pecos sits in what veterinary professionals call a “veterinarian desert,” or a region with too ...
Texas wine grape growers report strong quality despite tough 2026 season
Texas wine grape growers wrapped up an early, weather-battered 2026 harvest that Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...
AICA launches Power of Yield Calculator to put real-time value on red meat Yield
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the U.S. beef industry works to produce more beef with fewer ...
Kansas State lifecycle sssessment demonstrates economic advantage of Charolais genetics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new lifecycle assessment conducted by Kansas State University (KSU) researchers demonstrates ...
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Cattle markets seek stability
By Wes Ishmael, Southern Livestock Standard | Marketing
Historically scarce cattle supplies helped cattle markets find some footing over the past month. For perspective, feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity placed 1.6 ...
Capture more of your calves’ true value
By Paul Beck Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist | Genetics & Performance, Marketing
The price at an auction market is the market's estimate of what a calf is worth that day, based on the information buyers can see and ...
Belle Starr, Bandit Queen
By Clay Coppedge, Southern LIvestock Standard | Columnists
Outlaw Belle Starr was a relatively minor regional outlaw when someone ambushed her with a shotgun in February of 1899. Local papers in Oklahoma, Arkansas ...
Beef Cattle Roundtable set for Dec. 2 at Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas AgriLife Today | Industry News
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the 2026 Beef Cattle Roundtable on Dec. 2 at the Amarillo Civic Center Grand Plaza, 401 S. Buchanan St., ...
AI helps researchers target bacteria behind premature beef browning
By John Lovett, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture | Industry News
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas — One of the beef industry's most costly challenges is invisible to the human eye but costs billions of dollars each year. Every ...
Drought update and relief potential
By Brian Bledsoe, Southern Livestock Standard | Weather Forecast
I am typing this on the morning of Sept.28th. The map below shows the precipitation anomaly for the past 30 days. Most of our region ...
Texas aquaculture stable as producers contend with summer heat, drought
By Sarah Fuller, Texas AgriLife Today | Crop and Weather
Texas aquaculture remains steady despite seasonal challenges of drought and excessive heat faced by many producers, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. “Not much ...
Queen of the turf
By Clay Coppedge, Southern Livestock Standard | Columnists
Pan Zareta, the greatest filly in horse racing history, was a safe bet if you bet her to win. The New York Timeslabelled her the “Queen ...
Fundamental price impacts of announced tariff waiver on ground beef
By Andrew Anderson, Ph.D. Utah State University Extension specialist in livestock economics | Industry News
The cattle markets have been an eventful topic over the past month or so. The list of market-moving news includes slaughter and processing plant closures, ...
Can virtual fence make better grazing management easier?
By Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems specialist, Yijie Xiong, Nebraska Extension specialist, Precision Livestock Management | Cover Story, Production
Virtual fencing’s greatest value may be its ability to make grazing management practices that require frequent fence movement or additional cross fencing more practical. Over ...
Beef imports and the Brazil roller coaster
By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist | Cover Story, Industry News, Uncategorized
Beef imports continue to be the subject of political attention that has resulted in a myriad of variable and inconsistent policies and actions. Cattle and beef ...
The Texas Side of Things
By Jim Banner, Southern Livestock Standard | Columnists
I would venture to say that when we attend church, it’s not considered a very humorous place. Let’s face it, we go to church to ...
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