…Organic Farmers and fertilize with raw manure or untreated manure from dairy cattle, horses or poultry. The farms can grow any of the following produce: lettuce, spinach, carrots, radishes, tomatoes…
USDA WASDE Report at a Glance
…production forecasts are lowered. However, the ensuing decline in fed cattle slaughter will be slightly offset by higher expected cow slaughter. The turkey production forecast is lowered from the previous…
Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter Review
…2015. Beef production, at 2.21 billion pounds, was 4 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.64 million head, up 5 percent from October 2015. Veal production totaled 6.60…
Canada Increases Bovine TB Quarantine
…tuberculosis outbreak. The list includes more than 26,000 animals. The number of cattle confirmed to be infected with TB has remained at six since last month. However, roughly 10,000 some…
Agri View: Corn Affecting Meat Prices
…pork, poultry and milk. This year, federal cattle prices have already dropped $20 per hundred weight. That trend is forecast to continue for the next two to three years. Big…
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…From: USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service Sheep and Goat Inventory The purpose of the Sheep and Goats Inventory survey is to provide information on inventory of breeding and market sheep,…
More Volatility Ahead for Cattle Markets
Cattlefax CEO Randy Blach (Block) recently spoke at the Kansas Livestock Convention about volatility in the cattle markets, including what’s causing the downturn and what to expect in the months…
Proposed Tax Regulation a Threat to Future Cattle Farms
…assets just to survive.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Proposed Tax Regulation Threaten Multigenerational Cattle Operations Cattlemen Call for Proposed IRS…
Canada Ranchers Under Quarantine to Receive Federal Funding
…having to feed and maintain quarantined cattle they cannot move or sell can expect a federal AgriRecovery plan to help cover the costs. The government will be working with the…
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Wisconsin Dairy Bull Calves
…infected 21 people from eight states, and the first illness was reported in January of this year. Dairy bull calves are young, male cattle that have not been castrated and…
November 2016 Farm Income Forecast
…billion) in cattle/calf receipts. A marginal expected gain in crop cash receipts is driven largely by a $5.3-billion increase in oil crop receipts, primarily soybeans, while feed crops (mainly corn)…
More Cattle Culling Planned in Canada Amid Bovine TB
…known to co-mingle with the six confirmed TB-infected cattle has expanded to cover adult cattle and calves on 18 premises, up from just six. Online publication Ag Canada reports the…
Trump EPA Administrator Pick on the Horizon
…White calls WOTUS a power grab. She has previously headed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and is a member of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. From the…
Optimizing Oats for Use as Dairy Forage
…cattle to graze them through late November or harvest the crop in early November for later use. The strategy allows production of an additional forage crop before winter. The oats…