Victoria Myers

Early attempts to mitigate losses of fat cattle in a Kansas feedlot to heat stress could not overcome what has been described as a "natural disaster."

The numbers are still coming in, but early estimates set the number of cattle lost to heat in Kansas feedlots this week at an estimated 10,000 head.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against Beyond Meat, which sells plant-based products with names and package icons mimicking the real things, calls into question the amount of protein these products actually deliver to consumers.

Sudden deaths in cow herds may be a sign of this blood-borne disease.

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Report shows cattle producers would bear most of the cost of a voluntary national contact-trace system.

One study estimates the cow-calf segment of the beef industry would pay more than 84% of the total cost required to adopt a nationwide beef traceability system.

An opinion by the Texas Supreme Court means landowners there may now have the advantage in negotiating prices for their condemned property.

A definite price trend remains unclear, as Missouri's spring Show-Me-Select replacement heifer sales wrap up June 4.

When anthrax is the suspected cause of cattle deaths, veterinarians avoid exposing themselves to the infection by using blood tests instead of a necropsy to determine the cause of death.

Low hay carryover and continued drought will likely mean an early end to the 2022 season for some cattle producers.

Replacing toxic fescue will take pastures out of rotation, but research shows the gains may be worth the trouble for years to come.

Retail prices for meat continue to climb, which, when coupled with wages that aren't keeping up with inflation, could lead to lower beef consumption moving through 2022.

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Beef producers gain ground in their hard-fought battle to move back to Mandatory Country of Origin Labels.

Tick-covered, diseased cattle were allowed across the U.S. border after Mexican brokers paid a USDA inspector bribes.

U.S. producers are gaining ground in efforts to prevent foreign beef from being sold as a product of this country.

Boost a cover's agronomic value by using it as a supplemental feed resource for cattle.

New Way Ag has not been delivering feed it sold to several Montana ranchers and feeders. That state's Attorney General issued a warning about the business, calling it a "scam."

The FBI has just issued an alert for agriculture cooperatives, calling on them to shore up defenses against hackers immediately.

A recently introduced bill would change the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, allowing livestock auction yards to hold ownership and management roles in meat processing facilities.

A new report points out six key trends among today's consumers.

The number of cattle and calves on feed continues to break records, creating high levels of risk and volatility in the short term but opportunities moving toward the end of 2022 and into 2023.

Cattlemen may finally be on the verge of seeing some real change in labeling for beef.

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