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Dave Begmeier

Numbers don’t lie: Cowherd expansion has yet to materialize

  • August 8, 2025
  • By Dave Bergmeier
Easing of drought conditions will help boost livestock production. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Rebuilding the herd will take time

  • June 13, 2025
  • By Dave Bergmeier

Vitamin A important for cow herds 

  • June 13, 2025
  • By Kylene Scott
Hay is one of the largest expenses in a cow-calf operation, according to K-State beef cattle nutritionist Phillip Lancaster. (K-State Research and Extension news service)

Cutting costs on the ranch

  • April 29, 2025
  • By Lisa Moser │ K-State Research and Extension news service
(Journal stock photo by Jennifer Carrico.)

Cattle farmers: Is it time for a budget checkup?

  • April 28, 2025
  • By University of Missouri Extension
Cows graze a field in northeast Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Extension.)

Rollins presses Mexico to stop spread of New World screwworm

  • April 28, 2025
  • By Dave Bergmeier
Even with tariffs on the landscape, cattle prices are forecast to remain high through 2025, according to a recent World Agricultural Supplies and Demand Estimates report. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Tariff impacts meant a tempered livestock price report

  • April 25, 2025
  • By Dave Bergmeier

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  • April 18, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
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