BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly

Here’s what you can expect as we approach the fall cattle run.

Indeed, sending a child off to college is a major event in the life of both the child and the parents. It’s at junctures like this that we analyze our lives and make course corrections.

While the risk of bioterrorism is low for animal agriculture, we’re still on the radar.

Even though I have been part of the last 30-plus cattle industry conventions, NCBA has never universally represented my opinions. But I have seen the process and I have supported that process, even when my views have been out voted.

Preventative measures to enhance health ring bells for both management and marketing, so it makes financial sense to work with your veterinarian to develop a specific health plan and your marketing agent to match that plan to a program.

Cowherds are getting bigger, but weaning weights haven’t changed.

The latest issue of BEEF is online. Get weaning tips, 2016 benchmarks and more antibiotic discussion in this month's magazine.