Body Condition Scoring is important for livestock operators because it gives them an opportunity to observe and determine whether their animals are gaining or losing weight. Body condition scoring is a measurement, or estimation, of the relative amount of fat that an animal has. According to research, the fertility and post-calving recovery of a cow […]
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With cattle prices declining, one big question cattle producers are asking themselves is this: When and where is the bottom? In tackling this question, one useful comparison is last year. As producers will no doubt remember, it was in late September/early October 2016 that prices were crashing. A multi-month bear market just kept falling and
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It’s no secret that Mother Nature has a major influence over North American cattle numbers. As all producers know, the multi-year southern Plains drought was one of the main reasons the U.S. herd by the end of 2013 had slumped to its smallest since 1951. With pastures burning up under relentless sun and heat and
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