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American Cattlemen April 2024

This Issue Brings You:

  • Managing Micro-nutrients for Comprehensive Herd Health
  • Grazing versus Haying: Irrigated Pasture Can Be More Productive Than Haying
  • Benefits of Weighing Beef Cattle
  • Exploring the Cattle Industry with The American Cattlemen Podcast
  • Portable Corrals That Truly Deliver

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Portable Corrals That Truly Deliver

Portable Corrals That Truly Deliver Article and photos courtesy of Rawhide Portable Corral Consider this: Only 25 percent of small businesses are still in existence 15 years after being founded. Those that make it 20, 25, or 30 years are driven by continuous innovation, creativity, and the determination to provide customers with solutions-driven products and […]

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Grazing Versus Haying

Grazing Versus Haying: Irrigated Pasture Can Be More Productive than Haying By Heather Smith Thomas With well-planned management, irrigated hayfields can often be more productive when utilized for grazing. Some producers are changing from haying to grazing their irrigated fields. Jeff Mosley, PhD (Department of Animal Science), Montana State University) says that in some situations […]

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Benefits of Weighing Beef Cattle

Benefits of Weighing Beef Cattle Weighing Your Beef Cattle Can Be Helpful in Increasing Efficiency throughout your Herd and Feeder Cattle. By Taylor Zahn, Extension Educator, Penn State Extension Weighing your cattle can benefit you in several ways and increase efficiency throughout your herd. However, a scale is often absent on smaller farms. Industry experts […]

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Exploring the Cattle Industry with The American Cattlemen Podcast

Exploring the Cattle Industry with The American Cattlemen Podcast By Jessica Graham Podcasts offer a wealth of information and opportunities for cattle producers, fitting conveniently into their busy schedules. On the American Cattlemen Podcast, we interview experienced producers and it’s almost like you’re standing next to them listening in on a conversation. “We interview, producers, […]

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Featured Story

Maximize Profitability with Wagyu

Beef Cattle producers are feeling more optimistic. With an El Nino winter forecasted, cattle producers are anticipating a reprieve from multi-year drought conditions. For consecutive years the beef cattle herd has been in decline due to environmental conditions. A March 2023 USDA report shows that since 2022, there has been a 4% decrease in beef cows, 6% decrease in replacement heifers, and 5% decrease in heifers expected to calve this year. According to another published USDA article, the latest cattle inventory peaked in 2019 at 94.8 million and has since plummeted 6% to 89.3 million this year. The rapid decline in beef cattle inventory over the past four years was driven by drought conditions; however Northern states experienced above average rainfall during the 2023 spring and summer months and in the coming months NOAA predicts a wetter-than-average winter in the southeastern United States, allowing calf producers in recovering areas to consider opportunities to rebuild their herd.

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