Evaluating replacement heifers ahead of breeding season

Cattle on pasture. (Adobe Stock │ #112955460 - Nazzu)

2026 Three-State Beef Conference: What producers need to know to stay ahead in today’s beef industry

  • By Sherry Hoyer, Erika Lundy-Woolfolk, Chris Clark │ ISU Extension and Outreach
Working cowboys. (Adobe Stock │ #528823598- Terri Cage)

OSU adds to Animal Excellence initiative

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Mother Nature being stingy with moisture

Cattle move between a field planted to a cover crop and a grass pasture. Producers in the Southern Great Plains must balance forage type and quantity with grazing duration to make grazing cover crops economically viable. (Paul DeLaune/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Cattle Report

Cattle in feedlot in West Texas. (iStock │ #174479340 - dhughes9)

Cattle Charts

Courtesy photo.

National Western Stock Show basks in tradition

Practicing what I preach