Coping with Hay Shortages in Beef Cow Wintering Rations
By Christoph Wand - Beef Cattle, Sheep and Goat Nutritionist/OMAFRA. Poor summer weather conditions and hay shortages often create feeding concerns for cow/calf producers

Brazil Livestock and Products Semi-Annual Report 2008
This article provides the cattle industry data from the USDA FAS Livestock and Products Semi-Annual 2008 report for Brazil. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular data, which we have omitted from this article....

The Cow-Calf Manager Livestock Update, March 2008
By Dr. John B. Hall, Extension Beef Specialist, VA Tech. Livestock Update, February 2008.

Stillbirths and Calf Survival
By Blair Murray - Dairy Genetic Improvement Specialist/OMAFRA - The percentage of stillbirths has been steadily increasing but you can take steps to improve that rate on your farm.

Developing Improved Calf Rearing Regimes – The Key to Profitable Beef and Dairy Production
By Lynne Dawson and Steven Morrison AFBI, Hillsborough. Successful calf rearing is critical to profitable dairy and beef production enterprises.

Beef Management Tips
Dr. John B. Hall, Extension Beef Specialist, VA Tech, Livestock Update, March 2008.

Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade
By the USDA Economic Research Service and Foreign Agricultural Service. The 2008 fiscal year export forecast is raised to record $101 billion while the forecast for imports has increased to $76.5 billion

Colostrum-The First Line of Defense
By Bethany Lovaas, DVM, University of Minnesota Beef Team - The value of colostrum is irrefutable.

Beef Grades
By Chelsea Good, CAB Industry Information. This is a report from the Certified Angus Beef Brand. The following information applies to the United States grading system. When the meat grader stamps a side of beef with a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

Caring for hypothermic (cold stressed) newborn beef calves
By Ron Torell, Dr. Bill Kvasnicka and Dr. Ben Bruce, University of Nevada-Reno Extension Specialists. First published in a Beef: Questions & Answers" newsletter. Mortality in beef herds from birth to weaning range from three to seven percent

Strategies to Deal With High Corn Prices for the Beef Cowherd, Part 2
By Grant Crawford and Nicolas Di Lorenzo, University of Minnesota Beef Team. This is the second in a two-part series on strategies for cattle producers to deal with high corn prices. Part 1 focused on strategies for cow/calf producers to deal with high...

Controlling What You Can
By Nancy Noecker - Cow Calf Specialist, OMAFRA. As the fall run of calves starts, producers always watch the prices with a great deal of interest.

Adaptability, Body Condition Closely Connected
By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service. Research has shown that body condition is the No.1 indicator on the ability of a cow to calf.

Canadian Cattle Statistics February 2008
By Statistics Canada. Canada’s national cattle herd continued to decline during 2007, as exports to the United States accelerated. Cattlemen reported 13.9 million heads on their farms, down by 210,000 heads, or 1.5%, from the previous year.

News Reports from the National Farmers Union Conference in London 18 - 19 February
This week the UK's National Farmers Union (NFU) celebrated its centenary by holding a two day conference in London. But rather than dwelling on the last one hundred years of farming practise the conference, 'Growing for Another Century', peered into the...