The Cattle Business Weekly

09/02/2024

09/02/2024

South Dakota company is ready to provide prescription vaccines

Being ready in a world where a disease can quickly cripple an industry is critical. According to Dr. Alan Young at Medgene in Brookings, they are ready with a rapid development cycle for prescription vaccines to fight emerging animal diseases such as Avian Influenza virus H5N1, Porcine Circovirus PC...

08/30/2024

The South Dakota State University colleges of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences and Education and Human Sciences honor Brad Greenway, of Mitchell; Floyd Hansmeier, of Bristol; Steven Rommereim, of Alcester, and Pam Geppert, of Kimball, with the 2024 Eminent Leaders in Agriculture, Family and Community Award.

The South Dakota State University colleges of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences and Education and Human Sciences honor Brad Greenway, of Mitchell; Floyd Hansmeier, of Bristol; Steven Rommereim, of Alcester, and Pam Geppert, of Kimball, with the 2024 Eminent Leaders in Agriculture, Family....

08/30/2024

Happy Friday Funny from CBW friend and national cartoonist Jonny Hawkins.

08/30/2024

The U.S. cow herd has stablized. A slow rebuild might be on the horizon. So, what’s ahead for the fall calf market?

The cattle cycle is still very much alive according to Lance Zimmerman of Rabobank. He recently sat down with The Cattle Business Weekly during the Ag Media Summit to talk cattle numbers and the fall market ahead.

08/28/2024

Lots of good reading in this week’s paper!

08/26/2024

If walls could talk, the pistachio green surface of Sally Austin’s kitchen would instantaneously have you settled in over a cup of steaming Folgers. A gallery of framed photos, some slightly askew, tells the story of the 70 years Austin has lived on the ranch. Tucked among them, funeral programs and a well-worn flyswatter remind you of life’s unvarnished realities. Legacies experience loss. Ranches have bugs.

If walls could talk, the pistachio green surface of Sally Austin’s kitchen would instantaneously have you settled in over a cup of steaming Folgers. A gallery of framed photos, some slightly askew, tells the story of the 70 years Austin has lived on the ranch. Tucked among them, funeral programs a...

08/23/2024

Happy Friday Funny!

08/23/2024

As more fires are popping up and raising over 225,000 plus acres of burned land. We would like to offer you our full assistance in anything you need. We have pens with feed and water, a hand in finding and loading your stock, hay to haul to you with a hydrabed, stock trailers and cattle pots to haul livestock, and generators if you’ve lost power and need a source for watering your stock.

Don’t hesitate to call at any hour of the day we are more than happy to help our community.

Austin Snook- 307-290-2161
Taylor Snook- 307-290-2273
Kyle Kallhoff- 605-881-1526

08/23/2024

Keep Wyoming ranchers and firefighters in your prayers tonight.

A wildfire burning out of control in northern Wyoming east of Buffalo has exploded to nearly 200,000 acres. Ranchers are scrambling to help fight that and…

08/22/2024

Take in the Commercial Cattlemen’s Symposium during the Red Angus convention in September.

The Commercial Cattlemen’s Symposium hosted by the Red Angus Association of America will be held Sept. 13, during the National Red Angus Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska.

08/21/2024

A look at this week’s Cattle Business Weekly

08/21/2024

Bravo!!!

08/21/2024

It’s back to school! Here’s an easy snack or meal to prepare for the kiddos.

Beefy nuggets cooked in the oven, perfect for little hands to dip as they wish!

Popcorn Steak Bites Recipe: https://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/recipes/recipe/5257/popcorn-steak-bites

08/19/2024

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08/18/2024

Dakotafest takes place in Mitchell, South Dakota, Aug. 20-22, 2024.

Dakotafest takes place in Mitchell, South Dakota, Aug. 20-22, 2024, and will include a jam-packed schedule of events with a variety of opportunities for entertainment, education and networking for agriculturists of all kinds.

08/18/2024

For much of this year, feedlot inventory has surprised to the upside, fat cattle prices have shown unexpected resistance, while calf prices have been eye popping. How can we make sense of things when markets seem crazy? Let’s use two tools of financial economics: price ratios and volatility.

The cattle market has experienced record prices this year, but that hasn’t stopped the price action from throwing us more than its share of curveballs, particularly in the futures markets. For much of this year, feedlot inventory has surprised to the upside, fat cattle prices have shown unexpected...

08/17/2024

In another record-breaking year, the 42nd annual Iowa Governor’s Charity Steer Show continues to elevate the bar raising $568,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa. This was a significant jump from last year’s record of $501,000. Including this year’s donations, the Iowa Governor’s Charity Steer is inching close to $6 million in donations since its inception in 1983.
https://www.cattlebusinessweekly.com/articles/record-breaking-iowa-governor-charity-steer-show/

08/16/2024

It's been hot out there. Along with reduced cow rebreeding rates, heat stress or nutrient restriction of gestating cows will result in long-term reductions in productivity of their offspring. So how do heat and drought impact finishing performance? Here's how...

In recent weeks I covered some of the impacts of drought on cow numbers and feeder cattle supply based on comments I made at a symposium at the American Society of Animal Science meeting held in Calgary “Increasing the Resilience of the Beef Cattle Feeder Supply”. This week I will cover some add...

08/15/2024

Corn production is down 1% from last year, forecast at 15.1 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increase their production 10% from 2023, forecast at a record high 4.59 billion bushels.

The Crop Production report issued today by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecasted corn production down from 2023 and soybean production up from last year. Corn production is down 1% from last year, forecast at 15.1 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increas...

08/15/2024

Want to guess your own Cattle On Feed report? The key USDA report, published this Friday, can be distilled into a straightforward calculation that even the busiest producer can quickly grasp and apply.

Want to guess your own Cattle On Feed report? The key USDA report, published this Friday, can be distilled into a straightforward calculation that even the busiest producer can quickly grasp and apply.

08/12/2024

Don't miss the Fall Hermanson Kist All Breed Horse Sale September 19-21 at Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND.

The catalog mails this week. Here's a sneak peek https://www.cattlebusinessweekly.com/pageview/viewer/H-KFall2024Sale

08/11/2024

In the Sky: Agricultural Drone Conferences planned for Nebraska

Nebraska Extension is hosting two drone conferences on Wednesday, Aug. 14 and Thursday, Aug. 15 at West Central Research, Extension and Education Center in North Platte, Nebraska.

08/09/2024

A South Dakota ranching couple is facing federal charges in a boundary dispute. U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds in a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack calls the charges “overzealous”.

A grand jury has indicted South Dakota ranchers Charles and Heather Maude of Caputa, South Dakota for theft of government property.