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Price range widens with new-crop calves
2016-04-02 04:04:00| Beef
The decline in lightweight calf prices this week is most likely the beginning of the decline that will persist through the summer and fall of the year, says Andrew P. Griffith, agricultural economist at the University of Tennessee, in his weekly market comments. The seasonal tendency will result in lightweight calf prices falling drastically the next seven or eight months with the biggest decline starting towards the end of May. Calves and yearling feeders traded mostly steady to $5 per cwt lower, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. read more
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Grass rally for calves and feeders continues
2016-03-05 15:32:00| Beef
Calf and feeder cattle prices continued higher as buyers look for cattle to graze spring and summer grass. Futures markets also maintained week-to-week stability. A few dressed sales were reported at $214 in Nebraska and Iowa-Minnesota on Fridaymainly steady with the prior weekbut too few to trend on limited trade and light demand. read more
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Colostrum and calves: Milk it for all its worth
2016-02-22 21:42:00| Beef
By Miranda Reiman If you want to know about colostrum research—at least the kind that involves milking beef cows—Brian Vander Ley, DVM, could tell you some colorful stories. read more
Build immunity in end-of-season calves
2016-02-19 15:40:02| Beef
It’s a problem that many cattle producers can face—a higher percentage of calves born during the calving season’s last quarter can suffer from scours due to pathogen buildup than read more
FETAL PROGRAMMING ENHANCES DEVELOPMENT OF CALVES
2016-02-16 23:32:56| Cattle Today
Common sense tells us that when the cow becomes pregnant, some of the nutrients she consumes at that time will be used by the developing calf from the very beginning.
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