Has a cattle industry tool lost its edge? Tim Nolte isn’t surprised by the question. “That’s something I’ve been asking myself. Is the cattle cycle still working? It doesn’t seem to be, at least not ...

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — In 2018, Colin Beal was working both in the cattle industry and as an engineer mapping life cycle assessments for clients — basically, looking at the environmental impacts of ...

“Cattle crisis” has a nice alliterative ring to it—and that may be why we’ve heard the phrase lately. It’s irresistible to headline authors and television personalities. Just because they like to ...

The cattle herd is progressively shrinking, and as of Jan. 1, it totaled 87.2 million head. This year’s inventory is the fewest since 1951, when the herd totaled 82.1 million. Each subsequent peak in ...

Calculating calving distribution is one way to evaluate the previous year’s cow herd reproductive performance. This assessment calculates the number of cows calving in 21-day periods during the ...