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Check corn nitrates before ensiling By: Jeff Caldwell 08/15/2012 @ 10:18am

The drought's had nitrates moving up in many corn stalks out there, and if you're feeding drought-stressed corn silage, it's important to test it for ...

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New research to study climate, weather impacts on livestock By: Agriculture com 05/07/2013 @ 2:25pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $19.5 million for research focusing on the impacts of climate ...

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Can cattle prices finally break higher? By: Jeff Caldwell 04/23/2013 @ 1:18pm

Just a while back, livestock economist Chris Hurt was high on the idea that the cattle market would have a "very ...

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Are hog profits on their way back around? By: Jeff Caldwell 04/15/2013 @ 4:44pm

A while back, hog profitability was seen as just over the horizon. Then, the drought hit, sending feed costs through the roof and all but gutting profitability on most of the nation's livestock farms. But ...

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Despite rain, some pastures still parched By: Jeff Caldwell 04/15/2013 @ 11:12am

It may be damp now, but that doesn't mean farmers and ranchers in places like Nebraska are out of the woods when it comes to drought. That's especially true for cattle producers relying on pasture as ...

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High notes for the beef business By: Gene Johnston 04/05/2013 @ 11:26am

Grinding beef for turning into hamburgers will be hard to come by this year. Over half of the beef consumed in the U.S. is in the form of a fast-food burger, and it takes a lot of cull cows to satisfy that ...

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Winter feed affects calving By: Raylene Nickel 04/05/2013 @ 11:19am

If beef cows eat mostly poor-quality hay all winter and are in thin body condition going into spring, they could have more calving trouble, give less milk, and have calves with weakened immune ...

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Cattle prices caught in a tug-of-war By: Jeff Caldwell 03/26/2013 @ 9:39am

There are 2 distinct sides to the cattle feeding profitability coin right now.On one hand, there's the depressed macroeconomy. That's got major implications for cattle prices via consumer beef ...

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