News from the Rodeo Trail week of 9-16-19

2019 PRCA World Standings AA: Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah $181.270 BB: Clayton Biglow, Clements, CA $181,952 SW: Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. $146,081 TR-1: Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla. $145,866 TR-2: Junior Nogueira, Burleson,TX $113,041 SB: Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah $220,789 TD: Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas $131,900 BR: Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla. $245,055 SR: Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $67,242 BR: […]

Pray For South Dakota. . . home

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  A social media post, “Pray For South Dakota…home”  goes on to say “3 tornadoes in Sioux Falls, massive rain amounts, flooding happening everywhere!! Livestock lost, fields that can’t be harvested.  Pray for all the families, towns, Emergency crews, medical staff, and everyone involved.  We’re strong.  We will wipe out the tears as we rebuild.  #southdakotastrong” The weather much of […]

Australian beef imports continue to depress U.S. cull cow market

By Gayle Smith As drought persists in Australia, ranchers in the country continue to liquidate their cowherds. Much of the grinding beef from their cull cows is coming into the U.S., because it is the highest priced market they have access to, according to Jim Robb, who is the senior agricultural economist for the Livestock Marketing Information Center. Robb, who […]

Kindergarten Class of 2019

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This Instagram photo by Lori Peskey entitled, “Kindergarten Class of 2019” is spot-on as the region’s kids are back in school full-time now and cattlemen and women fill their days with fall cattle work, which includes weaning this year’s set of calves. These Herefords are next year’s 4-H prospects owned by Blake and Kyla Peskey, Iroquois, S.D. 

Well-rounded ag youth now serves home state of North Dakota 

  By Jacy Hauge Haylee Beehler, 24, is a young, driven individual with a passion for the agriculture industry. She was raised inside the city of Mandan, North Dakota. Growing up her agriculture influence was her father, he raised cattle until she was about the age of eight. The shared passion for agriculture inspired her to get more involved in […]

In the Cattle Markets: The impact of basis in fed cattle

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By Matthew Diersen, Risk & Business Management Specialist Ness School of Management & Economics, South Dakota State University   A relationship sometimes overlooked but important to the flow of cattle is the difference between the cash and futures price or the basis. For example, at the end of last week, the 5-area weekly weighted average cash price for all grades […]

Taking on the challenges of Coccidiosis

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By Blaine Corners, PhD, senior beef cattle nutritionist with Zoetis   If there’s one disease cattle producers should look out for in starting — 300- to 500-pound — cattle, it’s coccidiosis. In operations I work with, this parasitic disease poses numerous problems that need to be addressed: • At least 13 different coccidial species are known to infect cattle in […]

EPA repeals WOTUS; Livestock industry expresses relief

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The Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army announced the repeal of the 2015 rule that expanded the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act. The agencies recodified the regulatory text that existed before the 2015 rule, ending a patchwork of laws the government said had created regulatory uncertainty across the United States. Livestock industry […]

Lyndell Petersen inducted into SD Hall of Fame   

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On Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 Long-time SD Stockgrowers supporter and agriculture advocate, Lyndell Petersen, of Pennington County, South Dakota was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. The following is an excerpt from his biography with the SD Hall of Fame. “The variety of people I met, situations I faced, and the needs I felt had to be served […]

National Hay Summary Week ending Sept. 13th

Compared to last week hay sold fully steady. Small squares of premium grass hay sold 10.00 higher. Alfalfa pellets sold steady. Demand improved this week as many contacts noted several calls and more confirmed sales on hay. Once again, rain across several areas of the state shutting down hay production and slowing green chopping. Some reports from producers that especially […]