One simple tool can help any cattle producer make good nutritional decisions, sort animals correctly and even predict reproductive success. Known simply as "BCS," it's a technique of assigning a body condition score to every cow in the herd and managing her based on that...

Regardless of where cattle graze, there are ways to maximize productivity. Few places make that more challenging than the Southern Plains, where producers need to graze herds efficiently while raising crops and utilizing conservation practices that often include cover crops.

Fresh thinking combined with an entrepreneurial spirit led Sage Askin down an unconventional path as a successful young rancher.

Not long after starting his ranching career in 1971, Guy Gould recognized the need for more consistent quality in the calf crop. Without significant predictability, he knew he couldn't stay in business. Gould decided linebreeding might be the best way to manage the herd's...

In some ways, a visit to Sedgewood Plantation is like stepping back in time. Towering ancient cedars grace the front lawn of a beautifully restored, 1842 antebellum-style cottage. This has been home to four generations of the Howard family—most recently Bill and Nancy...

The Beef Quality Assurance program today is a nationally recognized tool U.S. cattlemen rely on not only for food safety and prudent antibiotic-use guidelines but, increasingly, as a measure of their dedication to animal welfare.

There are two ways to get a really good herd of cows. If your pockets are deep enough, you buy a lot of great females all at one time. Your job at that point is to avoid messing them up. The other way is to continually reinvest profits into expansion and improvement...