– Mark Landefeld, Extension Educator, Monroe County (originally published in The Ohio Cattleman) Left: no herbicide, Right: dicamba. Label requires livestock be removed from treated fields at least 30 days before slaughter. No waiting period between application and grazing for non-lactating animals. Don’t graze lactating dairy animals for 7 to 60 days after application, depending [...]

– Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Ph.D., CCA, Associate Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics, Penn State Calves grazing in warm season annuals as part of the USDA-NRCS Management Intensive Grazing demonstration at Ag Progress Days (S. Duiker) Two weeks ago at Ag Progress Days I participated in a Management Intensive Grazing demonstration with USDA-NRCS [...]

– Clif Little, OSU Extension Educator (Discussion of herbicides in this publication is strictly for educational purposes) It is important to remember that each herbicide varies in terms of target weed response. In other words, herbicides vary in ability to kill specific weeds and always refer to product labels prior to use. Always wear the [...]

– David P. Anderson, Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service USDA released the Cattle on Feed and the Cold Storage reports last week. Let’s start with the Cattle on Feed. The headline number was that placements were up 7.8 percent compared to July of 2017. Most of that increase (83 percent) was [...]

– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee FED CATTLE: Fed cattle traded $1 lower than last week on a live basis. Prices on a live basis were mainly $108 to $109 while dressed prices ranged from $170 to $174. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were [...]

In Cow-Calf Corner, Glenn Selk has tips for creating a calving kit. Source: Oklahoma State University

– Jeff Fisher, Chris Bruynis, Jeff Moore, and Steve Boyles, Ohio State University Extension Similar to 2015, rain in the spring extending through early summer delayed hay harvest in many areas of the state. Additionally there were some high temperatures that caused an increase in the rate of maturity of forages before they could be [...]

– Ted Wiseman, OSU Extension Educator ANR, Perry County (Previously published in Farm and Dairy) Overgrazing in the fall reduces the plant’s rate of carbohydrate production, potentially reducing root regeneration before winter. Fall pasture management is a critical period for pastures. For many of us we have had adequate rainfall up until recently and pastures [...]

– Josh Maples, Assistant Professor & Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University Large supplies, record exports, and trade concerns are just a few of the topics that have dominated the headlines in 2018. We are now fully transitioning into a primary calf selling time of the year for cow-calf producers and into [...]

– Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Oklahoma feeder cattle prices averaged nearly four percent above one year ago in the first week of August with calf prices increasing from the previous week. Feeder prices are holding strong despite continued growth in feeder cattle supplies. Combined Oklahoma feeder auction totals have averaged 13 percent higher [...]