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By Hannah Baker, University of Florida IFAS Extension
To keep or not to keep . . . that is the question facing many producers today when making the decision about weaned heifers. Many producers may wish they would ...
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Texas A&M agricultural economists: Expect stable meat prices this summer
Texas shoppers heading to the meat counter this summer should expect beef prices to remain ...
AgriLife Extension offers New World screwworm field guide for cattle producers
Beef cattle producers who find or suspect New World screwworm, NWS, now have a user-friendly ...
Ken Jordan inducted into Cattle Marketing Hall of Fame
Ken Jordan, Jordan Cattle Auction, San Saba, Texas was inducted into the prestigious Cattle Marketing ...
Keeping replacement heifers: Challenges and opportunities
To keep or not to keep . . . that is the question facing many ...
Secretary Rollins announces program to support small- and mid-size beef processors
(Washington, D.C.)–U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers ...
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By Clay Coppedge, Southern Livestock Standard | Columnists
Legendary Old West gambler and lawman turned New York sportswriter Bat Masterson observed in his final column: “There are those who argue that everything breaks ...
Secretary Rollins announces program to support small- and mid-size beef processors
By hollidacompany@gmail.com | DC News
(Washington, D.C.)–U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers (SPUR) Program on June 26th that will provide temporary support for ...
Cattle cycle update and the Mexican border
By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist | Industry News, Marketing, Uncategorized
Cattle cycle update The July Cattle report pegged the total U.S. cattle inventory as essentially unchanged from last year, up a scant 0.2 percent (Table ...
Build cows that stay: Smarter heifer development for long-term productivity
By Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension cow-calf specialist, T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension educator | Genetics & Performance, Production, Reproduction
Setting replacement heifers up for cowherd longevity is more than achieving a first pregnancy. It requires building females that remain productive within the constraints of ...
Bearish turn
By Wes Ishmael, Southern Livestock Standard | Marketing, Weighing the Market
Supply and demand fundamentals fueling the cattle market’s lengthy bull run remain largely unchanged, but prices took a decidedly negative turn heading into July. Wholesale ...
Texas wheat: More problems than bright spots this year
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas AgriLife Today | Crop and Weather
The 2025-2026 Texas wheat season was characterized by drought and heat stress as well as viral and fungal infections across the state, according to a Texas ...
The Texas Side of Things
By Jim Banner, Southern Livestock Standard | Columnists
It was a scary, wild week recently and my thoughts and prayers go out to all the people west of San Antonio living in the ...
Jesse James Supposedly
By Clay Coppedge, Southern Livestock | Columnists
Two strangers on horseback supposedly showed up at Bill Bishpop’s Bell County farm about suppertime one day in the 1870s seeking food and lodging. Bill ...
The Pasture Mealybug: A new invasive pest of pastures and hayfields
By Stephen Biles1, Danielle Sekula1, José Santiago-González2, Caixing Xiong3, and David Kerns4 | Cover Story, Pastures & Forages
Background: Since April 2025, southern pasture and hay producers have reported problems in their fields. These fields show grass patches becoming brown or necrotic, or patches ...
El Niño update
By Brian Bledsoe, Southern Livestock | Weather Forecast
By now, you are all likely sick of hearing about El Niño. There has been a lot of hype surrounding this event and for good ...
Just Your Standard Bull
By Michael Sturgess, Southern Livestock Standard | Columnists, Uncategorized
June is here! June marks the month where we go to one publication for June and one newspaper issue for July, along with our annual ...
Experts emphasize prevention, early detection and reporting protocols as Texas enters heightened awareness of NWS
By Blair Fannin, Texas AgriLife Today | Cover Story
Following the June 3 announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS, confirming the presence of New World screwworm (NWS) in Texas, experts across Texas ...
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