Archive for March 2020

The world knows how quickly a virus can spread, as COVID-19 extends its tendrils throughout the globe. The coronavirus epidemic reminds U.S. livestock producers how critical it is to have…

East of the Mississippi, the average farm cattle herd size is less than 20. The often-small number of cattle on Ohio farms creates an inherent marketing challenge: it can be…

 As planting gets underway in some areas, it’s already off to a painful start. “We ourselves have nothing in the ground,” says Alex Koehn, a farmer in Paris, Texas. “In…

Working through the challenges posed by COVID-19 the past few weeks has created considerable upheaval in my career and personal life—more than anything else I can remember in the past…

In the global battle to help control COVID-19, the Pirbright Institute will use pigs to assess the validity of potential vaccines in an effort to protect people against severe acute…

For the first time this Spring, Saskatchewan, Canada, cow/calf operator Mitch Stuart has something new in his arsenal to keep newborn calves warm. Stuart, who runs 300 pairs at Stuart…

Iowa Senator Charles Grassley is among some farm state senators who are calling for investigations of beef packing companies following the surge in wholesale beef prices that led to extreme…

Beef packer margins increased another $45 per head for the week ending March 27 while a rally in cash prices pulled feedyard closeouts into the black. Cash cattle prices at…