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Breeding soundness exams can uncover potential problems with young bulls that were just purchased and older bulls that have already sired calf crops.

The use of dewormers in calves can represent a 3,000% return on investment Internal parasites represent a source of significant economic loss in almost all segments of beef production.

In a remote part of southeast Oregon, about the only oasis for a hundred-mile stretch of highway is the Oasis Cafe in Juntura. Travelers come in for hot coffee served in hulking Styrofoam cups, and to gather near the wood stove.

Weak economic growth is taking its toll on global pork consumption. According to the latest Rabobank quarterly pork report, despite early signs that the worst of the inflationary impact may have already passed, the lagged impact on consumption is likely to be felt throughout 2023.  Pork remains well-positioned, as demand for the protein is historically

Rabobank’s Q2-2023 Global Pork Outlook is forecasting the more economically-priced pork will win with consumers.

The Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) visited Ottawa for meetings with elected and government officials to advance Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) policy priorities.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts edged higher on Monday, while feeder cattle contracts fell, after U.S. government data released on Friday afternoon showed bigger-than-expected supplies in feedlots. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly report showed that the number of U.S. cattle on feed, as of April 1, was down 4% from a year earlier –

Dewormers (anthelmintics), when given correctly, are not killing intestinal parasites of cattle as they used to. Although new drug “classes” entered the market from the 1950s to the 1980s, it has now been over 40 years since ivermectin was introduced in 1981.

A new University of Florida project aims to “play matchmaker” between ranchers with livestock and landowners with grazing space.

Feral swine (Sus scrofa) as an invasive species in the U.S. have caused severe damage to natural resources through competing for food resources with domestic livestock and destroying habitat by rooting and wallowing.