The Cattle Business Weekly
For cattlemen, by cattlemen is this podcast bringing you the latest in cattle industry headlines straight from the news desk of The Cattle Business Weekly in South Dakota. It's a dose of what's happening in markets, on the ranch and in Washington, D.C. It's news about everything that impacts a cattle operation's bottomline (aka profit). Listen to us in the feed truck, on the way to a cattle sale or on the porch with a beer! We promise you won't go away without having learned something.
Episodes
55 episodes
War Volatility Bleeds into Cattle Markets
The U.S. conflict with Iran has introduced volatility across commodity and financial markets since the war started on February 28. Producers who haven’t been following these developments closely should be aware of four ways that these developme...
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Rollins Visits Fires, Ranchers in Nebraska
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday toured the destruction left behind by the Morrill Fire near Ogallala, Nebraska. She was joined by several state leaders, including Gov. Jim Pillen, Sens. Deb Fischer, Pete...
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Navigating the "Everything All At Once" Season (Without Losing the Mission)
There are weeks where the calendar looks less like a schedule and more like a battlefield. That’s been me lately—an “Everything All At Once” season. Army Guard command doesn’t pause because home life is busy. The coaching and speaking business ...
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Walls of Fire - Nebraska ranchers suffer major losses with devastating fires
By Codi Vallery-Mills Walls of fire with 40 mph winds pushed flames into this week after starting last week in Nebraska. Ranchers and volunteer firefighters have been working around the clock to stop forward progress of the fires consuming the ...
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Build Smarter Deworming Plans with Diagnostics
Incorporating diagnostics into deworming plans gives cattle producers a clearer handle on parasite pressure and product performance. It helps confirm when treatment is needed, when it isn’t, and when a protocol might need adjusting. For operat...
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Consumers Want Beef
Beef producers can take heart: Americans still love beef and are willing to pay for it. But, the modern consumer is far from a single, predictable buyer. “Today’s marketplace includes more distinct generations than ever before,” said Mandy Car...
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Tips for Managing Beef-on-Dairy Calf Transitions
Beef-on-dairy calves often change locations multiple times before they’re 6 months old, facing new environments, nutrition and herd mates at every stop — all of which can stack up the stress and risk of bovine respiratory disease (BRD)...
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What Heifers Will Fit My Forage Resources?
Every transition matters The old phrase, “horses for courses” now has a complementary phrase of “cows for resources.” Approximately 75% of the feed that goes towards producing a pound of beef comes from forage. Recent research at Okla...
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Diversifying the Ranch: Adding Buffalo to S.D. Cattle Operation
On most days, Drew Anderson moves between two herds that require very different mindsets. In one pasture, black Angus cows ease toward the pickup, calm and predictable. In another, a herd of buffalo stands broad and alert, their steady gaze a r...
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Paul Hill to be Inducted into Saddle - Sirloin
Paul H. Hill is the 2026 inductee into the prestigious Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery. A special induction ceremony dinner and portrait presentation is scheduled for Sunday evening, November 15, 2026, during the North American Int...
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$150 Million Expansion at Cactus Beef Production Facility
JBS USA broke ground Feb. 27 on a 0 million expansion project at its beef production facility in Cactus, Texas. The project includes construction of a new, state-of-the-art fabrication floor and an expanded ground beef room, strengthening the l...
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Production Testing at the Core of Johnson Angus
“Performance is what we were looking at then, and it’s still what drives our decisions today,” says Bailey Johnson, fourth-generation producer at Johnson Angus near Mobridge, South Dakota. For more than six decades, production testing has been...
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Quad Calves Sell
In February of last year, Stavick Simmental near Veblen, S.D. welcomed the birth of quadruplet calves—a rare event that Mike Stavick describes as extremely lucky. Remarkably, these calves thrived and made history again this year when the...
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Cattle Chat: Defining Cow Efficiency
When it comes to cow efficiency, beef producers often focus on outputs like weaning weights and pregnancy rates. K-State beef cattle experts recently discussed which performance metrics really matter on a recent Beef Cattle In...
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Buseman Angus Bulls Have Sale Success with Private Treaties
For some cattle breeders, hosting an annual sale is a milestone. But that approach isn’t the best for every producer. Buseman Angus, Canistota, S.D., conducts all of their bull sales via private treaty, and the approach has worked for their ope...
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A Snapshot of the Cattle Feeding Industry
The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report showed feedlot inventories at 11.505 million head on February 1, down 1.8 percent year over year and the fifteenth consecutive month of declining feed inventories. January placements were down 4.7...
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Industry Leaders Highlight Strategies to Maximize Value
At the 2026 National Westere Stock Show, Industry leaders and cattle producers gathered to discuss how breeding, management, and market decisions can create value buyers recognize and reward. Sponsored by the Colorado Angus Association, the ses...
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Saved By a Dog
We have all heard about people being saved by farm dogs. A dog that shook a rattlesnake to death before it struck the baby. A dog that ran 5 miles to the neighbors to alert them that his owner was having a heart attack. A dog that battle...
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Simmental and Shorthorn Crowned
The Watertown Winter Farm Show wrapped up its 81st show on Feb. 14. The day prior it held its main cattle event – the selection of Supreme Row – from its three days of cattle shows. Vying for Supreme Row honors were the Angus, Charolais,...
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New Growth Metric Could Improve Beef-on-Dairy Genetic Evaluations
Researchers aim to boost accuracy of National Cattle Evaluation with earlier-in-life weights. Incorporating earlier-in-life growth metrics into the National Cattle Evaluation could strengthen genetic predictions for beef-on-dairy cattle, accord...
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5:44
Ag News Out of Washington
Protecting American Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of War have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) addressing the sharing of information regarding security vulnerabilities in agriculture, collabo...
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Opheim Limousin Striving for Next Level
Sometimes it takes a fresh perspective to get a clearer view. That was the case for Opheim Limousin of Mound City, S.D. For decades, Tom Opheim had been raising commercial Limousin cattle. He and his wife, Dixie, had put in the work, refined th...
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FBI Looking for Joshua Link, Tied to AgriDime Case
Five individuals were federally indicted this past week for their roles in an alleged 0 million nationwide fraud scheme involving purported cattle purchase contracts, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Rayb...
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