Tag: cattle
Ohio Beef Expo gears up for 2015
This annual event, coordinated by the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association, includes breed sales, shows and displays, trade show and a highly competitive junior show.
Pennsylvania Farm Show: Diamond shines, wins supreme champion junior beef...
HARRISBURG, Pa. – TJSC Diamond 1A, a heifer owned by Jackson Mattocks of Guys Mills, Pennsylvania, was named supreme champion beef female of the...
Acorn poisoning is a threat to cattle and sheep herds
Acorns from this year's fall crop could cause kidney failure in animals, particularly in cattle and sheep.
Record cattle prices, again and again
Beef producers are working to expand their herds. This is demonstrated by the 18 percent reduction in beef cow slaughter so far this year.
OSU vet debunks cattlemen’s myths
CARROLLTON, Ohio — The Carroll County Cattlemen’s Association combined forces with the Carroll County 4-H and OSU Extension for a fall meeting to find...
Strategy, perseverance keep 200-year-old farm moving
Seven generations have worked the Anderson Farm in Canfield, Ohio. The farm has been recognized by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and U.S. Senate as being a bicentennial farm.
Mercer County (Pa.) 4-H’ers sell market livestock at Roundup
The grand champion hog at this year's Mercer Co. (Pa.) 4-H Roundup brought a record $21 a pound.
U.S. cattle: Low inventory means producers reap benefits
According to the NASS report, there are 95 million cattle in the United States. That is the lowest number since the report began in the 1970s.
U.S. cattle inventory down 3 percent from 2012
As of July 1, there were 95 million head of cattle on U.S. farms, according to NASS reports.
Is your cow herd above average?
In some ways, my cowherd is average. In other ways it is above and in still others, below. Those things are true of each...
