Working Ranch Blog

What’s working and what needs to change now for the best possible grazing season? By Alayna Gerhardt-Crile, PhD and PAS, Nofence grazing specialist internal salesrepresentative What is your primary goal for pasture management this season? Do you want to optimize forage quality or quantity? Those are the first questions I ask when producers want to […]

DECORAH, Iowa, Jan. 20, 2026 — Solvet announces CattleZen, a new cattle stress management tool designed to help producers maintain calmer, healthier beef and dairy cattle. CattleZen will be officially launched at the 2026 CattleCon NCBA trade show on February 3, providing producers with a firsthand opportunity to learn about the science, performance benefits, and […]

Commercial beef producers do not get paid for average. They get paid for pounds, performance, fertility, and calves that hit the target — consistently. Margins are tight. Input costs fluctuate. Labor is limited. Markets shift. Through all of it, genetics remain one of the most controllable drivers of long-term herd profitability. At Trans Ova, we […]

By Eric Yates, National Sales Director, Nofence Forget everything you’ve learned about fencing in a lifetime of grazing cattle. Think instead about how you could manage cattle differently with real-time and historical data about livestock behavior and location.  Starting with an open mind is important because virtual fencing allows you to do things you couldn’t […]

At Haynes Cattle Company, we’re all about RESULTS and we use that catchphrase A LOT! We think you, as buyers of our bulls, deserve RESULTS aswell. Here’s a few things to consider when reviewing the sale book for our 18th Annual “Working Bull” Angus Sale: BECAUSE YOUR GOOD RESULTS MATTER TO US! Sincerely, Gale L. […]

Saturday, March 7, 2026At Ogallala Livestock Auction • Ogallala, Nebraska THIS IS A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY! This sale represents Phase II of a three-year, nearly 6,000 head process to disperse our mature cow herd. These females represent generations of selection, retaining only the heifers that can graze our native Sand Hills, and raise a calf on […]