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Dr. Ken McMillan explains how to interpret bull sale data, including EPDs and EPD indexes.

Halter has launched direct-to-satellite connectivity for its smart cattle collars used for virtual fencing. The upgrade expands U.S. beef cattle market coverage and includes new features like estrus detection and advanced grazing tools to boost...

Pseudorabies has been detected in commercial swine in Iowa and Texas for the first time since its 2004 eradication, likely contracted from feral hogs. USDA APHIS and state officials are working to contain the outbreak, stressing the disease poses no...

After 127 years in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri, the American Royal is relocating to a new $375 million campus near Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, beginning with fall 2026 events. Full transition to the new facility, which can house...

Alberta's wintry spring snowstorms have made calving season difficult for Cross Cattle Company. Protecting newborn calves and managing the land are important for the ranchers.

Cracks in hooves are fairly common in cattle, and many factors can be involved, including environment, size and body condition of the cow, size and shape of the claw, nutrition and genetics.

New World screwworm cases in northern Mexico are creeping toward the U.S. border. Florida has set restrictions on animal imports from several high-risk southern Texas counties.

Historically, the U.S. beef cow herd has moved on two main factors -- profitability and the availability of green grass. Thus far through 2026, prices have remained historically high, but right now, drought is an issue.

U.S. officials are taking prevention measures as New World screwworm cases in Mexico reach over 20,000, prompting border closures and heightened biosecurity. A new USDA sterile fly production facility in Texas aims to combat and ultimately eradicate the...

Nebraska wildfires burned nearly 950,000 acres last month and multiple relief programs from private organizations and federal agencies are now available to help affected farmers and ranchers.

The popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk, can raise questions about its safety.

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on April 1, 2026. The inventory was 1% below April 1, 2025, USDA NASS reported on April 17.

A 29,071-acre west Texas ranch, family-owned for nearly 60 years, sold for $46.5 million through realtor Hall and Hall. The buyer's identity was undisclosed.

The Stark family embraces a low-intervention approach to calving season, assisting only when necessary while prioritizing cow independence.

Some cattle producers are reinvesting record beef profits in their operations.

Distinguishing between an umbilical hernia and navel ill is key in making the right treatment decision.

The media group Axios held a forum in downtown Des Moines including the CEO of the World Food Prize, the president of Bayer Crop Science for North America and the CEO of the Iowa Cattlemen's Association. Each had different perspectives on innovation...

Western Iowa hog farmer Tanner Seuntjens, 33, received a 13-year federal prison sentence for crop insurance fraud, theft, identity theft and witness stalking, owing $1.7 million in restitution.