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Animal Health, Beef, beef, Columns, Cow Calf, Feeder, Just a Scoopful, Opinion, Seedstock, Stocker, Wheat

Wheat and cattle going different directions

While wheat harvest is going to be difficult, the cattle market is red hot, Jerry Nine writes in his column. Read More

Sara Wyant
Agripulse, Animal Health, Beef, beef, Columns, Columns, Cow Calf, Dairy, Equine, Dairy, Sheep and Goats, Opinion, Sheep and Goats, Stocker, Swine, USDA

Federal, state officials on high alert as New World screwworm advances into U.S.

Beef, Cow Calf, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Seedstock

Cow size, forage efficiency key to profitability in beef operations 

Nebraska ranchers deal with wildfires

  • March 20, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier

Plan ahead for profit at Crops and Cattle

  • March 4, 2026
  • By Kylie Reiss
Wildfire. (Chad Boyd (D4935-1)).

Taking care of people and cattle paramount in wildfire

  • February 24, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
Several generations of Jensens pose outside an outbuilding at Jensen Ranch in Courtland, Kansas. (Courtesy photo.)

Jensen Bros. tries for sweet spot in cattle breeding markets 

  • January 21, 2026
  • By David Murray
Cattle marketing panel at Day 2 of HPJ Live, Wichita, Kansas, Aug. 7. Panel included from left, Skyler Moore, Barrett Broadie, Barrett Simon and Layne Konkel. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Expectations remain high for beef prices

  • January 18, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
Winter adds to calving stress, but there are ways to mitigate some of that stress, according to Dr. A.J. Tarpoff, DVM. (Photo courtesy of AdobeStock.)

Healthy cows and calves crucial to success

  • January 16, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
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HPJ Talk: Buck Wehrbein previews NCBA Convention and what ranchers should watch in 2025–2026 

  • January 15, 2026
  • By bound-media-group
October 2023 is the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness month. (Photo courtesy of U of A System Division of Agriculture.)

The cattle market is not broken

  • December 5, 2025
  • By Shelby Horn
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