Livestock Risk Partners

U.S. agriculture’s trade deficit widened to $37 billion in 2024, with imports growing faster than exports, despite strong performance in key commodities.

There are a lot of potential strategies to manage price risk and the simplest may be a forward contract.

This approach could have a significant impact on the bovine industry in the U.S. and globally as IVF is an increasingly popular method for breeding cattle

Because of this, not just any hay or silage will do. Your cow needs 10% to 12% crude protein and 60% to 65% TDN in her total diet. If she is grazing poor quality feeds or eating grass hay, your other forages and supplements must make up any deficiencies.

IPPE is the world’s largest annual display of technology, equipment, supplies, and services used in the production and processing of eggs, meat and poultry and those involved in feed manufacturing.

Researchers were able to predict cows’ likely grazing personalities by analyzing behavior in situations such as pregnancy checks or vaccinations, which require the cows to walk through chutes or narrow passageways.

Nova Scotia’s beef producers can now get financial protection through the Maritime Livestock Price Insurance Pilot Program. The new business risk management tool will allow producers to purchase price protection on beef cattle in the form of an insurance policy to protect against unexpected market declines. The Maritime Livestock Price Insurance Pilot Program is a

Despite the national regulation, states administer this permitting differently, leading to differences in available data.

In comments this summer, MCGA’s agriculture partners urged the agency to reconsider allowing only cover crops as a nitrogen BMP from Oct. 1-14 in vulnerable groundwater areas.

RDAR, a leading driver of results-driven agriculture research, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP), and the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC), are delighted to announce that over $6 million has been committed to a series of projects that will advance beef research in Canada’s largest beef producing province. Funding in part has been provided by federal and