Learn the best time to plant dual-purpose wheat for the best economic outcome.

Building a beef cow herd is challenging for beginners and younger cow-calf producers due to the intensive capital requirements and approximate 27-month lag between the initial purchase of heifers and the sale of a calf crop.

Learn about facility and calf selection, feeding options and slaughter considerations for finishing calves on the farm.

This report was commissioned by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to provide guidance in support of cattle industry policy considerations, especially related to price discovery in fed cattle markets. The task force of agricultural economists that produced this report collective-ly have more than 120 years of experience as cattle industry economic analysts and researchers. In about three weeks’ time, this task force assembled, considered, synthesized and summarized available research, information and knowledge about the economics of the cattle industry.

Producers will learn realistic expectations and strategies for finishing beef cattle by considering the animal’s health, nutrition and available technologies.

What is now known as Integrated Resource Management (IRM) began as Integrated Reproductive Management in the early- to mid-1980s. It was later broadened to reco...

Key components of and the performance statistics generated by cow-calf SPA Software and their application in making decisions within the IRM framework.

Learn how the beef cattle industry will be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.