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Some producers may need to reconsider how to handle some herd health issues.

The soybean and feed grain industry is hard at work trying to build and develop demand outside of China in anticipation of long-term changes to global trade flows.

As U.S. farmers hear more troubling news about trade disputes with China, the largest Chinese grain and oilseed company, COFCO, plans to buy more Brazilian soybeans over the next five years and help finance Brazilian farmers to expand production on...

There are a lot of things producers can do to increase their take-home after a day at the sale barn.

USDA on Thursday released details of the 2019 Market Facilitation Program, which includes county payment rates of $15 to $150 per acre for row crops, $11 per head for hogs and 20 cents per hundredweight of milk. Payments will be made in three...

Grains high in certain minerals can increase the likelihood of livestock developing bladder stones.

Under a deal announced at the White House on Friday, duty-free beef exports to the EU will increase by 46%. Over seven years, they will increase another 90%. By full implementation, the president said, duty-free exports of U.S. beef will increase from...

Farms facing financial distress should take action sooner rather than later to address debt, but two experts say producers have to be careful.

Market options and operation efficiency improve when producers take control of the calendar.

This 3-to-4-year plan can put any operation on track for a 60-to-90-day calving season.

Heat stroke in an animal can cause organ damage, making early treatment critical to a positive outcome.

Livestock producers ask members of the House Ag Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture for passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was steady at $140 per ton.

The USDA has set January 1, 2023, as the changeover time for beef, dairy and bison producers to adopt RFID ear tags.

Even with low grain prices, supplementing calves is one practice that can wind up in an operation's loss column.

Use a cow's teeth, and the condition of those teeth, as a gauge to her age.

Wet, cool weather in the first half of the growing season for most of the Midwest has had a negative effect on forage crops.

Cattle suffer during heat waves, but here are some tips of what producers can do to lessen the stress.

In less than a year, the CattleTrace pilot project, which started in Kansas, has expanded to five states.

In challenging environments, a quality preconditioning program is the ultimate game changer.

It's important pets get a monthly heartworm preventative. There is some evidence that improper use of these products can select for resistance, making it more difficult to control onset of the disease.

Panelists tell a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives how having broadband access has changed some rural communities.

Several discussions at the BIO World Congress this week in Des Moines focused on the promise of gene-edited foods and trying to allay consumer concerns over the technology and explain to them why gene editing differs from genetic engineering...

Texas A&M reports even in the midst of record meat production, the popularity of the beef brisket is creating a supply shortage.

A new program is helping livestock producers meet their own unique goals, one operation at a time.