For a cow to feed a calf and retain its own body condition requires a good solid intake of essential nutrients. First-calf ...

Feed makes up about three-quarters of the operating cost for most cattle producers. Dr. Meredith Harrison with precision livestock technology company C-Lock says cow-calf and feedlot operations can ...

Older cattle frequently have been exposed to the parasites and ... and at least 2 inches of rainfall per month provide excellent propagation conditions. Feed bunks or waterers contaminated with feces ...

The Terry Klopfenstein Feed Technology Center has 36 commercial-sized pens, which will house 60 head of cattle across four ... have different diets in these bunks that we can compare,” says ...

"The cattle producer can't do what they do without their neighboring corn grower helping put food in the feed bunks," he said. Moving forward, St. Peters said the livestock industry is watching ...

An ag economist says he’s monitoring the total number of cattle on feed in the USDA report this week. Charley Martinez is ...

Placements of U.S. cattle onto feedlots were lower than forecast by analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. In its monthly Cattle on Feed Report, the Agriculture Department said Friday new ...

Live cattle futures posted some slight gains ahead of Friday afternoon’s Cattle on Feed report, up 15 to 35 cents at the close. Feb closed the week up just 7 cents. Cash trade was slow last ...