With cattle prices at record highs, margins remain tight and good management is critical to successful cattle finishing. Join UW Madison Extension Regional Educators and Specialists for a workshop ...

Profit margins for both cattle and hog finishing operations saw modest gains last week but also carry significantly higher feed costs than a year ago. Cattle feeders saw average profits of $222 per ...

With feed and forage representing 70pc of the variable costs of finishing beef and lambs, improving its utilisation can have a substantial impact on profitability. Feed efficiency, or the amount of ...

One of the things that we come to appreciate while working with producers in small-scale finishing systems is that there is more than one right way to finish a steer (or heifer). Answering several ...

Despite the smallest U.S. cowherd in 73 years and corresponding tight feeder cattle supplies, the largest cattle feedyard north of the Rio Grande is under construction in Nebraska. When complete, ...

After 70 years of operation, the 50,000-head capacity Lubbock Feeders has announced it will close its West Texas feedlot as soon as current contracted inventories are fed and finished. After doing the ...

Concentrate on the factors you can control this year to run a tight ship and maximise your three-to-four-month beef finishing window. This is the message of beef consultant Simon Marsh, formerly beef ...

Beef finishers should always aim to keep production costs under control to optimise profits, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy. Beef finishers should always aim to keep production costs under ...

With feed and forage representing 70% of the variable costs of finishing beef and lambs, improving its utilisation can have a substantial impact on profitability. Feed efficiency, or the amount of ...

Locally sourced food has grown in popularity in recent years, leading some cow-calf producers to raise steer calves through the finishing phase rather than selling them at weaning. Experts at the ...