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Cows kept in a confined area year-round have higher labor and feed costs associated with this production system. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)
Arkansas, Beef, Colorado, Cow Calf, economy, Feeder, Government, Kansas, Livestock, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Stocker, Texas, USDA

Cattle on Feed notes myriad of challenges

May Cattle on Feed: Dressed weights, drought and disruptions to trade are all noted by Arkansas livestock economist James Mitchell. Read More

Grilling steaks on flaming grill (Photo: iStock - rez-art)
Beef, Cow Calf, economy, Feeder, Livestock, Seedstock, Stocker

High prices have not hindered consumers as beef imports are up

Irrigated soybeans in Keith County, Nebraska are watered by the Ogallala Aquifer. The vast underground reservoir reaches as far south as Texas, where it has declined as much as 36% since the 1950s. In Nebraska, the Ogallala has decreased by just 0.34% on average, according to analysis of U.S. Geological Survey reports, although the state’s southwest counties are showing a much greater decline. (Photo courtesy of Bill Spiegel.)
Water

A lifeline of the High Plains—irrigation in focus



Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Cattle herd shrinks, prices go higher

Courtesy photo.

Sorghum: Can I realistically cut costs in 2025?

Sara Wyant

New ag secretary hits the ground running

Naomi Blohm (Courtesy photo.)

Now what? Answers will take work

Naomi Blohm (Courtesy photo.)

It’s not too late to price corn

Naomi Blohm (Courtesy photo.)

Grain price outlook into year end

USDA Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Graders (Meat) correlate on beef at their annual national beef correlation event, August 13, 2019. (USDA Photo by Preston Keres)

Is the cow jumping over the moon more moonshot or nonsensical?

(Photo courtesy K-State Research and Extension.)

What the beef is going on?