The Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA), the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, and the Livestock Marketing Association of Texas have established the Cattlemen's Disaster Relief Fund.

Landowners should exercise caution when grazing livestock on recently burned pastures. Proper management is a must to prevent serious grass damage after a fire.

What's the impact to the land and is the vegetation able to recover after recent wildfires?

Stretching forage and marketing options are keys to feeding through a dearth of stocker pasture.

The weather prediction for 2006 isn't much different than last year's pattern.

Even as national herd expansion continues, producers in Texas and some other parts of the nation are being forced to liquidate as dry conditions worsen.

“So far, this year’s drought has been different than 2011’s. Weekly cow slaughter has been down year to date 6% this year, largely due to a 13% reduction in beef cow slaughter,” say analysts with the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC)...