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Annual Summer Stocker/Yearling Tour focuses on marketing yearling cattle

Annual Summer Stocker/Yearling Tour focuses on marketing yearling cattle

Nebraska Extension beef systems team is offering a chance to learn from producers with established stocker/yearling operations.

Improved drought conditions? What’s the pollination season look like?

Improved drought conditions? What’s the pollination season look like?

Live Stream Monday, June 17 at 1 pm CT - Meteorologist Greg Soulje joins us with a weather update.

Farm Progress America, June 14, 2024

Farm Progress America, June 14, 2024

Mike Pearson checks in with Ag Meteorologist Greg Soulje about the weather this spring and what it means for the summer season.

Is it possible to smell how meat tastes?

Is it possible to smell how meat tastes?

Concept of measuring the flavor of food more complex than simply measuring tenderness or juiciness.

Cattle prices holding; production contracting

Cattle prices holding; production contracting

Climate disclosure creeps toward beef supply chains.

Packer margins improve on higher boxed beef prices

Packer margins improve on higher boxed beef prices

Higher boxed-beef prices have offered some relief for packer margins, but with packers still operating in the red as prices start to decline seasonally, how much longer will they pay up for cattle?

NCBA responds to FDA’s study on the Yuma Valley leafy greens growing region

NCBA responds to FDA’s study on the Yuma Valley leafy greens growing region

NCBA responds to FDA’s preliminary findings from a multi-year study investigating the spread of bacteria to leafy greens being grown in Yuma County, Arizona.

Using EPDs in sire selection

Using EPDs in sire selection

K-State beef cattle geneticist Dan Moser explains how calculated EPDs use data to predict animal performance.

Farm Progress America, June 13, 2024

Farm Progress America, June 13, 2024

Mike Pearson talks about the Parliamentary elections held in the European Union last weekend and how farmers and rural issues drove the election in the 27 member countries.

Study suggests Holstein dairy cows not harmed by producing beef crossbred calves

Study suggests Holstein dairy cows not harmed by producing beef crossbred calves

The practice, which involves dairy cows carrying larger offspring, could produce more profitable herds for farmers.