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USDA Announces the Phased Reopening of Southern Ports for Livestock Trade

(Washington, D.C., June 30, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and equines from Mexico beginning as early as July 7, 2025. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), following extensive collaboration between USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) experts and their counterparts in […]

Do Telehandlers Have a Place on the Farm? These Farmers Say “Yes!”

For years, telehandlers on U.S. farms have been “nice-to-have” but not “need-to-have” machines. That’s because American farmers are very price-conscious, and over several generations of owning and operating their farms, they have become extremely savvy at finding ways to get the work done with machinery they already have. This means they rely heavily on tractor(s) […]

New G500V VariCut headers boost Case IH combines’ performance

Working widths of 6.1-12.5m (20-41ft) / In-line knife drive with dual drive on 10.5m and 12.5m models / Knife speed increase from 660rpm to 735rpm enables higher forward speeds without compromising cutting performance / New click-on side knife-St. Valentin, June 25, 2025-Case IH Axial-Flow® combines can now be equipped with new G500V VariCut variable knife […]

American Blue the Ultimate Terminal Crossbreeding Choice for Beef

Beef producers have been benefitting when using a fullblood American Blue bull as a terminal crossing sire. Blue cross-bred calves result in increased carcass yields as compared to their dams. The American Blue bull will put more weight and muscle on calves. When using a fullblood American Blue bull he will pass on one myostatin […]

Ultrasound Pregnancy Testing – A few things you should know

Pregnancy testing beef cows has progressed from predominantly rectal palpation 20 years ago to mainly ultrasound pregnancy testing today. About 30 years ago Dr. Andrew Bronson, a Canadian veterinarian, and his partner, Bruce Hill, started doing ultrasound checking. Bronson came to Alberta, Canada after graduating from veterinary school in 1982 and went in to beef […]

How to Set Up a Solar-Charged Polywire Paddock

Paul Luna, Noble ranch/facility assistant, details how to set up a solar-charged polywire paddock and shares a few tips and tricks he’s learned along the way 4 Things to Consider Before Building Your Paddock 1. Before installing a large paddock, train your cattle on the polywire line by setting up a small electric fence near […]

Electronic Identification in Today’s Cattle Landscape

Livestock identification, in some way, shape or form, is a practice nearly as old as animal husbandry itself. The methods have certainly changed over time, but the purpose is largely the same: trying to maintain both accurate and efficient animal identification for management and protection purposes. One of the biggest changes to this tradition is […]

Providing Shade Pays off for Cattle Producers

According to The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2024 was globally the hottest year across the USA, followed by 2023 as the second hottest year. However, even if cattle survive these extreme temperatures, they can suffer significantly. Another analysis by St-Pierre et al. (2003) estimated annual losses in the U.S. beef industry to be […]

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