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Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, saying that good demand for feeders is keeping prices strong.

Significant numbers of tornados have been reported after the week started with an active weather pattern across the Southern Plains and Central Gulf Coast. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says a system could make its way to the Southeast by the middle of next week, bringing with it the potential of more active weather.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses tornado activity that occurred in the Southern Plains and Central Gulf Coast on March 21st and 22nd.

Can we expect a turnaround soon in the recent lower production and higher price scenario for U.S. alfalfa hay? (Gary Crawford and Katelyn McCullock with the Livestock Marketing Information Center)

Katelyn McCullock with the Livestock Marketing Information Center, telling a USDA conference that the U.S. hay market has been shaped by drought, but also by other factors.

The U.S. is shipping more alfalfa hay to other countries, even though production of that hay continues to fall. (Gary Crawford and Katelyn McCullock with the Livestock Marketing Information Center)

Rolling restaurants are on the rise. (Gary Crawford and Hudson Riehl with the National Restaurant Association)

Cattle producers in a West Central Texas country are rounding up feed and protein to assist producers in the Texas Panhandle impacted by wildfire. (Rod Bain and Andy Holloway of Texas Agri-Life Extension)

Texas AgriLife Extension Agent Andy Holloway discusses the shared thread of two counties impacted by wildfire in recent years, and how that led to mutual efforts to assist cattle producers in need of feed for their animals.