• Trustee: Likely Fraud in Cattle Case
    Unpaid Claims by Producers Against Bankrupt Cattle Feeder Top $122 Million
    A satellite image of 7M Feeders, a 115,000-head-capacity feed yard near Friona, Texas, one of two Texas feed yards tied to McClain Farms in Benton, Kentucky. USDA has at least 96 claims from cattle producers or livestock businesses for more than $122 million in losses involving the McClain feeders. (Satellite image from Google)
  • Family Faces Felonies on Animal Cruelty
    More Than 150 Cattle Dead; 1,100 Animals Seized From Nebraska Operation
    Two Lincoln County, Nebraska, men were arrested and charged for alleged animal neglect and cruelty after authorities found 150 dead cattle on their operation. (Graphic by David Benbennick)
  • DTN Oil
    Oil Rallies Ahead of OPEC Meeting
  • Cattle Losses Confirmed in Thousands
    Texas Feedlot Losses Hit 4,000 Head in Flooding
    A common business model, most feed yards at any given time hold a combination of animals that are producer-owned (retained-ownership) and feeder-owned. (DTN/Progressive Farmer file photo by Mandi Cottrell)
  • Kub's Den
    Cows More Profitable Than Corn: Under Which Circumstances?
    The math would work out differently for regions with significantly better or worse crop yield potential, but for a particular streak of the Plains, which historically can go to either rangeland or crops, 2023 projections look more favorable for cow-calf pairs than for grain production. (DTN graphic by Elaine Kub)